Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201070281 - Ironworker Falls Off Unguarded Mezzanine, Fracturing Arm

Accident Summary Nr: 201070281 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 10/31/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307035857	12/08/2006	1791	238120	Mcmahon Steel Co Inc

Abstract: On October 31, 2006, Employee #1 was welding roof trusses and standing on an eight-foot portable stepladder. The stepladder was placed adjacent to an unprotected edge of a mezzanine. After welding, he stepped off the ladder and fell approximately 12 feet over the edge of the mezzanine. Employee #1 struck the concrete floor below and sustained a fractured arm. Employee #1 was hospitalized. Employee #1 was a journeyman ironworker for McMahon Steel, a contractor, erecting structural steel at the Miramar Water Treatment Facility.

Keywords: FRACTURE, TRUSS, IRON WORKER, STEPLADDER, WELDER, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, ARM, UNGUARDED

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Sewer/water treatment plant		Alteration or rehabilitation		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	1	12

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307035857			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Welders and cutters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 12 feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Open Web Steel Joists-Welding/Bu Fatality Cause: Fall from/with platform catwalk (attached to struc

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