Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170825848 - Employee injured when pinned by stack of glass

Accident Summary Nr: 170825848 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 10/05/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302885728	10/05/1999	1711	0	On The Level

Abstract: Employee #1, an installer of hockey rink dasher boards and glass, was performing his duties when a stack of 20 to 25, 6 ft long by 4 ft wide by 5/8 in. thick panes of glass fell, pinning his left side against another stack of panes on the right side of a trailer. He dislocated both shoulders, and sustained a fractured sternum, four fractured ribs, a deflated left lung, blood in his right lung, and two fractured bones in his left arm and wrist. The glass stack weighed between 4,000 and 5,000 lb; by the time her was rescued, Employee #1's face and tongue had turned blue from a lack of oxygen.

Keywords: FRACTURE, LUNG, UNCONSCIOUSNESS, SHOULDER, UNSECURED, PINNED, WORK RULES, GLASS PACK, CONSTRUCTION, RIB

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	3	30

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302885728			Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Construction of playing fields, tennis courts Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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