Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201079001 - Employee Falls from Water Tower

Accident Summary Nr: 201079001 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 12/03/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
315347195	01/02/2013	1541	236220	Tc Construction Co, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 8:30 a.m. on December 3, 2012, an incident occurred where Employee #1 suffered serious injury after falling 26 ft from a vertical form and sustained a dislocated thumb. Employee #1 was nailing plywood on top of a vertical form for constructing a water tower. Employee #1 was instructed to climb down the scaffold to unclip and move an aluminum joist. Employee #1 stepped on a loose aluminum joist and fell 26 ft to the ground. Employee #1 was taken to a local medical facility, treated and released.

Keywords: FRACTURE, NAIL, LADDER, THUMB, FALL, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Tower, tank, storage elevator		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	1	26

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	315347195			Hospitalized injury	Dislocation	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 26 feet Cause: Forming Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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