Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 125926.015 - Employee falls from steel beam and breaks ankle

Accident Summary Nr: 125926.015 -- Report ID: 0454712 -- Event Date: 04/30/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1474318.015	05/06/2020		238120	Cherokee Steel Inc

Abstract: At approximately 1:30 P.M. on April 30, 2020, an employee, working for a steel erection contractor, was connecting a steel beam at a commercial building. The employee removed the safety lanyard while connecting the structural beam. The beam was not bolted in correctly, broke, tilted, and was caught in material handling equipment. The employee fell 16 feet to the asphalt. The employee was hospitalized and treated for a broken and fractured ankle.

Keywords: Ankle, Asphalt, Broken, Broken Bone, Commercial Building, Construction, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Material Handling, Steel, Steel Erection

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			1	16

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1474318.015	54	M	Hospitalized injury		Structural metal workers	Distance of Fall: 16 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 16 feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause:

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