Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 122256.015 - Employee fractures spinal bones when struck by falling steel

Accident Summary Nr: 122256.015 -- Report ID: 0317000 -- Event Date: 10/22/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1449201.015	10/24/2019		237990	South State, Inc.

Abstract: At 11:15 a.m. on October 22, 2019, an employee working for a civil engineering company was preparing to splice a hoisted steel pile to a pile that had already been installed. The suspended pile moved and fell a few feet striking the employee's back. The employee fractured five spinal processes and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Back, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Construction, Falling Object, Fracture, Hoisting Mechanism, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pile Driver, Spine, Steel, Steel Column, Struck By, Suspended Load, Unstable Load, Unstable Position

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1449201.015	29	M	Hospitalized injury		Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pile driving Fatality Cause:

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