Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200612687 - Employee injured when struck in head by falling steel racks

Accident Summary Nr: 200612687 -- Report ID: 0111700 -- Event Date: 10/18/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309559565	10/17/2007	1799	238990	Freeman Sets & Service

Abstract: On October 18, 2007, Employee #1, working at a Lowe's store, was bolting upright lumber storage racks when the steel racks began to fall over like dominoes. He was struck in the head by the falling racks and sustained multiple lacerations, some of which required sutures to close.

Keywords: HEAD, UNSECURED, CONSTRUCTION, LACERATION, STORAGE RACK, STRUCK BY, OVERTURN, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	1	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309559565			Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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