Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201043940 - Employee Fractures Neck While Dismantling Grizzly Screen

Accident Summary Nr: 201043940 -- Report ID: 0953220 -- Event Date: 09/29/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312279631	09/29/2008	4932	221210	Northern Pipeline Construction Co.

Abstract: At approximately 2:20 p.m. on September 29, 2008, Employee #1, a welder for a construction company, was dismantling a grizzly screen that measured 8-feet long by 10-feet wide, and had a depth of 7.5 feet. The screen was located in the employer's equipment yard. Employee #1 removed one of the two sides of the screen and lowered it to the ground. As he was making the final cuts with his welder's torch at the bottom of the screen, the center piece (screen section of the grizzly screen) fell and struck Employee #1 on the back of his head. Employee #1 was taken to UMC Hospital, where he was hospitalized and treated for multiple lacerations on the back of his head and a fracture to his L3 vertebrate.

Keywords: STRUCTURE MOVING, FRACTURE, HEAD, CONSTRUCTION, BACK, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, UNSTABLE LOAD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Contractor's yard/facility		Other		Under $50,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	312279631			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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