Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 120345.015 - Employee incurs multiple facial fractures and injures spleen

Accident Summary Nr: 120345.015 -- Report ID: 0352460 -- Event Date: 09/11/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1430560.015	09/13/2019		238120	S & R Enterprises, Llc

Abstract: At 12:45 p.m. on September 11, 2019, Employee #1 and a coworker, both connectors, were setting 8, 24K7 open web steel ceiling joists spanning 30 feet 2-3/4 inches in bathrooms being constructed for the Mary Harrison Center. According to employee interviews, after the joists were set, Employee #1 and his coworker worked from and anchored their personal fall arrest harnesses to the joists to receive two bundles of metal decking with a combined weight of 6,094 pounds. The coworker, foreman and welder all stated that the joists were not connected to their bearing plates and that they were not bridged before the bundles of decking were landed. After the decking was landed, the joists collapsed bringing Employee #1 and his coworker down with them. Employee #1 sustained multiple facial fractures and an injured spleen, while the coworker was uninjured. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: Bearing, Collapse, Face, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Joist, Metal Decking, Spleen

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition				15

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1430560.015	33	M	Hospitalized injury		Strctural Iron /& Steel Worker	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Open Web Steel Joists-Connecting Fatality Cause:

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