Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 125941.015 - Employee sustains head trauma when struck by falling load

Accident Summary Nr: 125941.015 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 11/06/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1446451.015	11/06/2019		238110	The Lopez Group Corporation

Abstract: On September 16, 2019, an employee was working as a construction laborer for a structural steel and concrete contractor. The employee was working with a coworker using a powered industrial vehicle (PIV) to pull a rebar cage off a truck. The employee was holding a tag line for the suspended load. The cage became lodged and as they tried to dislodge the load and it broke free. The load was unbalanced, unbraced and not secured causing it to land on the employee. The employee was struck in the head and does not recall what happened. The employee was taken to the hospital via ambulance. He was admitted that day and was released on September 21, 2019. The employee self-reported that he sustained head trauma and a fractured right foot and toe. The information collected in the narrative is from a third-party information.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Commercial Building, Construction, Construction vehicle, Contusion, Falling Object, Foot, Fracture, Head, Hoisting Mechanism, Industrial Truck, Injury Illness Prevention Program, Laborer, Laceration, Lack of Work Procedures, Leg, PIV, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Rebar, Steel Erection, Struck By, Suspended Load, Tag Line, Toe, Unloading, Unsecured, Unstable Load, Unstable Position

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			2	22

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1446451.015	45	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause:

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