Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201058476 - Employee is injured by falling load

Accident Summary Nr: 201058476 -- Report ID: 0950642 -- Event Date: 03/08/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307160556	03/18/2004	1541	236210	Hi-Tech Ironworks

Abstract: On March 8, 2004, Employee #1 was helping a coworker unload metal sheets from a truck. To hoist the sheets in a bundle, they wrapped a natural-fiber rope around the metal sheets and through an overhead pulley system. The rope had unknown rated capacity, and no padding between it and the sharp metal edges. While Employee #1 was next to the load, the rope failed and the load of metal sheets knocked him down and landed on his lower legs. He was hospitalized at St. Francis Medical Center for a shattered right ankle and a compound left leg fracture.

Keywords: FRACTURE, ROPE, WORK RULES, METAL SHEET, STRUCK BY, PULLEY, FALLING OBJECT, ANKLE, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	1	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307160556			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Helpers, construction trades	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing metal siding Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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