Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 139336.015 - Employee breaks tailbone, hip in fall from elevated platform

Accident Summary Nr: 139336.015 -- Report ID: 0112000 -- Event Date: 08/27/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1551027.015	08/30/2021		493110	Alo-Cinema One Installers, Inc.

Abstract: At 1:45 p.m. on August 27, 2021, an employee working as a structural steel worker for a warehouse facility was installing reinforcing cables to an automated racking system without using the provided fall protection. The employee walked off the unprotected platform. The employee was provided with fall protection to include a dual lanyard. The employee did not tie off, lost situational awareness and walked off the platform falling 18 feet. The employee was hospitalized to treat a broken tailbone from impact with the concrete floor.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broken, Broken Bone, Cable, Concrete Floor, Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Hip, Installing, Lanyard, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Platform, Raised platform, Safety Device, Steel Worker, Tailbone, Tie-Off, Warehouse, Work Surface

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1551027.015	19	M	Hospitalized injury		Strctural Iron /& Steel Worker	Distance of Fall: 18 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 18 feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause:

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