Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 123337.015 - Employee fractures fibula and tibia when struck by falling u

Accident Summary Nr: 123337.015 -- Report ID: 0950624 -- Event Date: 08/06/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1430926.015	09/05/2019		332313	Izzy Installation, Llc

Abstract: At 08:00 a.m. on August 06, 2019, an employee was walking by the load of storage racks that were stacked unsecured against a steel column when one of the racks fell onto his lower leg. While walking by a stack of unsecured storage racks that were sitting on some pieces of wood dunnage, the employee said one of the racks fell onto his lower leg. Coworkers indicated that the employee kicked the wood that was supporting the racks causing it to fall but the employee denied kicking the wood. The employee was treated at the hospital for a fractured fibula and tibia.

Keywords: Ankle, Falling Object, Foot, Fracture, Stacked, Storage Rack, Struck By, Tibia, Toe, Unsecured

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			1	35

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1430926.015	20	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause:

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