Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170872105 - Employee's back fractured in fall from steel beam

Accident Summary Nr: 170872105 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 11/12/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125773572	12/15/1997	1622	0	Arb, Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 stepped out of a manbasket onto a 7 in. wide steel beam inside a theater to get a ladder. He was walking on the beam when he slipped and fell 19 ft 4 1/2 in. to the floor, fracturing his back.

Keywords: WORK RULES, SLIP, CONSTRUCTION, BACK, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, WALKING ON BEAM, UNSTABLE POSITION

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125773572			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Structural metal workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 36 feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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