Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 118537.015 - Employee sustains multiple injuries in fall from roof

Accident Summary Nr: 118537.015 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 07/26/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1420073.015	08/01/2019		238120	Kentucky Steel Erectors, Llc

Abstract: At 3:45 p.m. on July 26, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a structural steel construction company, was laying roof decking for a new commercial building. He was not using fall protection when he fell, a fall height of 36 feet, and struck the concrete floor. The employee was transported to the hospital and admitted for treatment of multiple fractures and lacerations.

Keywords: Blunt force trauma, Concrete Floor, Construction, Decking, Erection Process, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Installing, Laceration, Roof, Steel Erection, Struck Against

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			1	36

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1420073.015	39	M	Hospitalized injury		Sheet metal worker apprentices	Distance of Fall: 36 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 36 feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Open Web Steel Joists-Moving Poi Fatality Cause:

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