Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 123157.015 - Employee fractures leg while erecting structural steel

Accident Summary Nr: 123157.015 -- Report ID: 1054115 -- Event Date: 12/30/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1455724.015	01/06/2020	1521	236115	317726619 - Robert Fehlman

Abstract: At 2:30 p.m. on December 30, 2019, an employee and coworkers were building a red iron structure on a highway construction project. The workers were using a forklift to set the 30-foot long, 18-inch-wide beams for the roof structure when one of the beams fell over and struck the employee's leg. The employee was hospitalized to treat a fractured left leg.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Falling Object, Fracture, Highway, Highway work zone, Leg, Steel Beam, Steel Erection, Struck By

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1455724.015	20	M	Hospitalized injury		Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause:

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