Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 119189.015 - Employee is knocked off ladder and sustains head injury

Accident Summary Nr: 119189.015 -- Report ID: 0454712 -- Event Date: 07/26/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1422292.015	08/09/2019		238290	Henderson Fabricating Co., Inc

Abstract: At 4:00 p.m. on July 26, 2019, Employee #1 and a coworker were installing a furnace for a new commercial building. Employee #1 was working from an extension ladder and spotting for his coworker, the crane operator. Employee #1 was lining up the front edge of the furnace hood for installation. The back side of the furnace hood had been tack welded into place. The tack weld on the back side of the hood broke, causing the hood to shift laterally and strike the ladder on which Employee #1 was working. Employee #1 fell, and struck the ground. He was transported to the hospital and admitted for treatment of a concussion.

Keywords: Broken Weld, Concussion, Construction, Contusion, Crane, Extension Ladder, Fall, Fall Protection, Furnace, Head, Installing, Load Shift, Struck By

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			1	12

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1422292.015	45	M	Hospitalized injury		Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause:

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