Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170787477 - Employee's knee fractured when struck by flying equipment

Accident Summary Nr: 170787477 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 07/30/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125849877	08/13/1997	1542	0	Pdm Strocal

Abstract: Employee #1, an ironworker, was moving a steel beam into position for welding. One end of the beam was hooked a come-a-long with a 3,000 lb capacity. The other end was secured by a cable choker attached to a vertical steel column. Employee #1 was tightening the come-a-long mechanism when a chain link broke and the equipment went flying, striking his right leg. He sustained a fractured kneecap, for which he was hospitalized.

Keywords: CHOCK, KNEE, FRACTURE, IRON WORKER, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT, WINCH, BROKEN CHAIN

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Other		Under $50,000	1	36

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125849877			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Structural metal workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Forming Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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