Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201042090 - Employee Is Injured after Falling from Work Platform

Accident Summary Nr: 201042090 -- Report ID: 0953220 -- Event Date: 01/18/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308216225	01/18/2005	1542	236220	Perini Building Company

Abstract: At approximately 9:00 a.m. on January 18, 2005, a concrete wall form was being removed from a shear wall under construction, when the American 7530 truck crane's boom cable failed. The crane's lattice boom dropped onto the shear wall and the concrete wall form struck a work-platform that Employee #1 was standing on, causing it to collapse and break apart. He fell 18 to 20 feet to the ground, sustaining moderate injuries. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: CONCRETE FORM WORK, WIRE ROPE, COLLAPSE, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, FALL, FALLING OBJECT, WORK PLATFORM, CONTUSION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	3	40

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	308216225			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Supervisors; carpenters and related workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 20 feet Cause: Forming Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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