Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200962777 - Employee lacerated when struck by hatch of welder

Accident Summary Nr: 200962777 -- Report ID: 0352460 -- Event Date: 04/26/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302479035	04/26/1999	1791	0	Dean Steel Erectors, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was servicing a trailer-mounted welder while nearby a forklift operator was raising a bundle of deck pan corrugated metal to the second story of a building. The bundle fell 15 ft off the forks to the ground, then bounced and hit the open hatch of the welder. The door struck Employee #1 on the right temple. He sustained a severe laceration and was transported to P. G. General Hospital, where he was admitted in critical condition. Employee #1 was wearing a hard hat at the time of the accident.

Keywords: HEAD, UNSECURED, HATCH, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, LACERATION, MECH MAT HANDLING, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, DOOR

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	2	40

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302479035			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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