Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 128187.015 - Employee breaks leg when struck by construction elevator

Accident Summary Nr: 128187.015 -- Report ID: 0950651 -- Event Date: 12/12/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1450865.015	12/19/2019		237990	Tutor Perini Corporation

Abstract: At 1:30 p.m. on December 12, 2019, an employee working as a carpenter for a civil engineering contractor was working on a wooden platform mounting walers. The employee was nailing the walers getting ready for a concrete pour. While he was working on the platform, he was struck by a moving construction elevator. The employee broke his left leg and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broken Bone, Carpenter, Concrete, Concrete Form Work, Construction, Elevator, Form work, Fracture, Installing, Leg, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Platform, Struck By, Walking Surface, Work Surface

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1450865.015	66	M	Hospitalized injury		Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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