Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170839773 - Employee fractures ribs in fall descending steel column

Accident Summary Nr: 170839773 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 10/10/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125480277	10/11/2007	1791	238120	Mid-State Steel Erectors Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 3:13 p.m. on October 10, 2007, Employee #1, an iron worker for Mid-State Steel Erectors, Inc., was shinning down a column when he lost his grip and stepped backward, falling 16 ft onto a deck. He fractured three ribs, for which he was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, IRON WORKER, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, DESCENDING, STEEL COLUMN, RIB, FALL, WALKING BACKWARD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	6	70

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125480277			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Structural metal workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 16 feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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