Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170070049 - Employee impaled on steel conduit after fall through decking

Accident Summary Nr: 170070049 -- Report ID: 0352430 -- Event Date: 11/15/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104448550	10/03/1990	1791	0	Eagle Steel Erection, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was working alone, laying corrugated metal decking on steel joists that were 12 ft 4 in. above a concrete floor and spaced 2 ft apart. Employee #1 stepped on a section of metal decking that was not secured to a metal joist. The metal decking flipped up and he fell, landing on a piece of 3/4 in. galvanized steel conduit that was protruding 20 in. above the concrete floor. The conduit impaled the right side of Employee #1's buttocks.

Keywords: IMPALED, UNSECURED, BUTTOCKS, CONDUIT, CONSTRUCTION, METAL DECKING, UNSTABLE SURFACE, FALL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104448550			Hospitalized injury	Puncture	Supervisors, n.e.c.

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