Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 121849.015 - Employee sustains multiple contusions in fall off steel beam

Accident Summary Nr: 121849.015 -- Report ID: 0111400 -- Event Date: 11/08/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1445928.015	11/20/2019		238120	H B Welding, Inc.

Abstract: At 8:45 a.m. on November 8. 2019, an employee was working as an iron worker for a structural steel contractor. According to witness statements, the employee was in the prone position on a steal I-beam torquing bolts. The employee fell 14 feet off the beam and landed on the steel decking below. The employee sustained bruising and contusions to multiple body parts including his legs, knees, and back and received medical treatment without hospitalization.

Keywords: Back, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Bolt, Bolting, Commercial Building, Construction, Contusion, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Installing, Iron Worker, Knee, Lack of Engineering Controls, Leg, Metal, Multi-employer Worksite, Multiemployer, Steel Beam, Steel Erection, Work Surface

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			4	40

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1445928.015	42	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Structural metal workers	Distance of Fall: 14 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 14 feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause:

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