Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200969269 - Employee Injured in Fall From Elevation

Accident Summary Nr: 200969269 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 01/26/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303895791	01/26/2001	1542	0	Kinsley Construction, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was standing on a closed web I-beam that was 14 feet, 3 inches above the ice covered ground. He was setting 21-foot-long open web joists on the beam where he was standing. The other end was to be positioned into a pocket in a cinder block wall. Each end was to bear about three inches on its designated surface. Employee #1 and another coworker did not understand each other's need to reposition their respective joist ends a little bit further onto the bearing surface. As Employee #1 stepped out on the joist to unhook the sling from the spreader cable, the other employee, who was facing away from him towards the cinder block wall, pulled the open web joist further into the block wall. The movement of the joist caused Employee #1 to fall 14 feet to the ground, hitting his back on the left side. Employee #1 sustained a broken neck, a bruised spleen, and bruised wrists. Employee #1 was hospitalized for his injuries.

Keywords: BEAM, FRACTURE, JOIST, SPLEEN, BACK, FALL, NECK, SLING, CONTUSION, WRIST

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	2	28

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303895791			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Structural metal workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 14 feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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