Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14296701 - Employee fractures skull in 12 ft fall from joist

Accident Summary Nr: 14296701 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 08/05/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18854729	08/05/1986	1791	0	Douglas W. Callahan, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1, the company president, was walking along a 3 3/4 in. wide steel bar joist that was 12 ft above a concrete floor. He was pushing a sheet of corrugated steel decking that was to meet up with a sheet that had already been laid down. He slipped and fell to the concrete floor, fracturing his skull, and breaking his right shoulder blade, right arm, and the middle finger of his right hand. Employee #1 was not using fall protection.

Keywords: FRACTURE, JOIST, WORK RULES, SLIP, CONSTRUCTION, SKULL, WALKING SURFACE, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, ARM

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18854729			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Supervisors, n.e.c.

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