Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201087202 - Employee Is Injured in Fall

Accident Summary Nr: 201087202 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 12/04/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125763151	03/21/2006	1751	238130	Ruben M Construction

Abstract: At approximately 10:00 a.m. on December 4, 2005, Employee #1 was removing some construction debris located at the top of a 12-ft-tall storage rack inside a completed commercial building. Employee #1 climbed up the side of the storage rack. As Employee #1 reached for the debris, he fell backwards onto the concrete floor. Employee #1 fractured his right ribs, pelvis, and wrist, and was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, CONSTRUCTION, PELVIS, RIB, FALL, STORAGE RACK, WRIST

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125763151			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 12 feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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