Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170184162 - Employee injured in fall from cross-stringer

Accident Summary Nr: 170184162 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 07/21/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111751079	07/23/1991	1622	0	C C Myers Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 was working atop a freeway span bent cap upright structure, laying out 12 in. by 12 in. by 8 ft stringers to form falsework to be completed prior to concrete pouring of the span. A stringer dropped out of the grasp of the crane's timber-tongs, rolled down the pile of other stringers, and hit Employee #1, who was not secured by a safety belt or lanyard. He was knocked off the cross-stringer he was standing on and fell 35 ft to the ground. Employee #1 sustained serious injuries, including a broken left arm (multiple breaks), a broken pelvis, and cracked ribs, and was hospitalized.

Keywords: CONCRETE FORM WORK, FRACTURE, SUSPENDED LOAD, CONSTRUCTION, PELVIS, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, STRUCK BY, ARM, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111751079			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters

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