Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170625370 - Employee's leg amputated by end plate of falling column

Accident Summary Nr: 170625370 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 08/07/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119977700	09/28/2000	1629	0	All Star Industrial Construction Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 and a coworker were fabricating a support column. The column, which was being supported by pipe stands, had to be rotated for welding to continue. Four workers were rolling the column outward when one of the pipe stands collapsed and the column fell. The end plate amputated the lower part of his right leg.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, COLLAPSE, UNSECURED, CONSTRUCTION, END PLATE, MANUAL MAT HANDLING, PIPE, STRUCK BY, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	119977700			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Laborers, except construction	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Welding/Burning/Grindi Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure

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