Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 171056427 - Employee injures back in fall with wood beam

Accident Summary Nr: 171056427 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 04/22/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126787183	04/22/1998	1751	0	Wake Const Llc

Abstract: At approximately 9:30 a.m. on April 22, 1998, Employee #1 was nailing a hanger onto a laminated veneer lumber beam that extended over a concrete slab. He was straddling the beam when it gave way, and both Employee #1 and the beam fell 20 ft onto the slab. He sustained back injuries that required hospitalization.

Keywords: ERECTION PROCESS, FRACTURE, UNSECURED, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, BACK, FALL

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126787183			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Supervisors; brickmasons, stonemasons, tilesetters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 20 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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