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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 NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
1491500.01509/03/2020238120Priority 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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