Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 124981.015 - Employee fractures skull when struck by falling steel panel

Accident Summary Nr: 124981.015 -- Report ID: 0214500 -- Event Date: 01/15/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
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.

Keywords: Building, Container, Defect, Defective, Falling Object, Fracture, Head, Hoisting Mechanism, Laceration, Lack of Work Procedures, Material Handling, Metal container, Skull, Steel, Struck By, Structural Collapse, Unguarded, Welder, Window

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
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:

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