Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 124981.015 - Employee fractures skull when struck by falling steel panel
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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1455862.015 | 01/15/2020 | 332322 | Altona Custom Metal Works Inc |
Abstract: On January 15, 2020, an employee was tack welding steel on the top of a metal cargo container when the structural steel wall panel came off the three tac welds. The panel fell approximately 8 feet from the top of the container and the window struck the employee working beneath. The employee fractured his skull and incured head lacerations, requiring hospitalization.
End Use | Project Type | Project Cost | Stories | Non-building Height | Fatality | ||
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Other building | New project or new addition |
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation | Construction |
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1 | 1455862.015 | 59 | M | Hospitalized injury | Welders and cutters | Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: |