Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 121290.015 - Employee breaks multiple bones in fall from aerial lift

Accident Summary Nr: 121290.015 -- Report ID: 0355112 -- Event Date: 10/24/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1442020.015	10/29/2019		238120	W.O. Grubb Steel Erection, Inc.

Abstract: At 8:00 a.m. on October 24, 2019, an employee working as an iron worker for a structural steel contractor was working from an aerial lift. The employee was connecting iron when the sleever bar slipped causing the employee to fall backwards over the guardrail of the lift. The employee fell about 25 feet breaking multiple bones and requiring hospitalization.

Keywords: Aerial Lift, Arm, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broken Bone, Building, Connecting, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Hand, Hip, Iron, Iron Worker, Knee, Leg, Safety Device, Work Surface, Wrist

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		New project or new addition				25

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1442020.015	54	M	Hospitalized injury		Structural metal workers	Distance of Fall: 25 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 25 feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause:

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