Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 122664.015 - Employee fractures wrist and face in fall from steel beam

Accident Summary Nr: 122664.015 -- Report ID: 0729300 -- Event Date: 12/14/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1452265.015	12/19/2019		238120	Weaver Steel Construction, L.L.C.

Abstract: At 10:00 a.m. on December 14, 2019, an employee working an iron worker for a structural steel and concrete contractor was working at a commercial building site. The employee was walking along a steel beam when he fell. Despite wearing a retractable restraint system, the employee hit the gravel covered ground. The employee fractured his wrist and facial bones and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Commercial Building, Construction, Face, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Iron Worker, Malfunction, Restraining Device, Safety Device, Steel, Steel Beam, Walking Surface, Work Surface, Wrist

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			5

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1452265.015	30	M	Hospitalized injury		Strctural Iron /& Steel Worker	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Emplacing reinforcing steel Fatality Cause:

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