Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 129250.015 - Employee fractures several bones in trip and fall from deck

Accident Summary Nr: 129250.015 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 09/04/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1491500.015	09/03/2020		238120	Priority Iron, Llc

Abstract: At 11:00 a.m. on September 4, 2020, an employee working as a metal worker for a structural steel contractor was laying steel decking. The employee caught his foot on a welding lead and fell 14-feet 4-inches to the floor below. The employee was hospitalized to treat two broken arms, cracked vertebrae, three broken ribs and broken jaw.

Keywords: Arm, Back, Broken Bone, Building, Caught By, Chest, Commercial Building, Construction, Deck, Decking, Face, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Foot, Fracture, Installing, Jaw, Metal, Metal Decking, Rib, Steel, Steel Worker, Tripped, Vertebra

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			2	14

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1491500.015	37	M	Hospitalized injury		Structural metal workers	Distance of Fall: 14 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 14 feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Open Web Steel Joists-Connecting Fatality Cause:

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