Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 121570.015 - Employee breaks foot, ribs when struck by falling metal pipe

Accident Summary Nr: 121570.015 -- Report ID: 0626700 -- Event Date: 11/07/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1444088.015	11/12/2019		236210	Steel Masters Lp

Abstract: At 11:30 a.m. on November 7, 2019, an employee was working as a construction laborer for a building contractor on an addition to a commercial building. The employee was on the ground guiding a coworker operating a crane transporting a 12-foot galvanized pipe. The weather was windy and stormy at the time causing the pipe to slip off the rigging and hit a beam falling to the ground. On the way down, the pipe struck the employee. The employee broke his foot and three ribs and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Broken Bone, Chest, Commercial Building, Crane, Crane Operator, Falling Object, Foot, Guide, Insufficient Supervision, Lack of Work Procedures, Material Handling, Metal Pipe, Pipe, Rib, Rigging, Slip, Struck By, Unstable Load, Weather

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			3	25

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1444088.015	35	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Surveying Fatality Cause:

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