Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201060886 - EMPLOYEE INJURED IN FALL FROM ELEVATION

Accident Summary Nr: 201060886 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 01/13/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120136502	01/23/1998	1623	0	Jd2 Dba Draheim Steel

Abstract: Employee #1 was working as an apprentice steel worker. Employee #1 was using a manual "crimper" to join 3-ft by 28-ft steel deck panels together to form a floor. Employee #2, the foreman, had warned Employee #1 not to work walking backward, but Employee #1 continued to do so. Employee #1 walked backward into an unguarded stairwell opening, falling 8 ft to the concrete landing and then another 8 ft 2in. to the concrete floor. Employee #1 suffered a fractured skull and a fractured back and was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, STAIR, DECKING PANEL, CONSTRUCTION, BACK, SKULL, FALL, HAND TOOL, UNGUARDED

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	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	120136502			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Structural metal workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 16 feet Cause: Installation Of Decking-Initial Laying Deck (Incl Fatality Cause: Fall through opening (other than roof)

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