Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201108172 - Employee Sustains Fractures When Struck by Falling Granite

Accident Summary Nr: 201108172 -- Report ID: 0950624 -- Event Date: 04/11/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300823002	07/11/2006	1743	238340	A A I Ceramic Tile Inc

Abstract: On April 11, 2006, Employee #1 was working for a company that did tile setting and stone work. He was retrieving a slab of granite from a supplier. A forklift had loaded a granite slab weighing 600 to 800 pounds onto an A-frame attached to the bed of a flatbed truck. Employee #1 was starting to tie the slab down to the A-frame, when a gust of wind came up and caused the slab to fall on top of Employee #1. He sustained multiple fractures, and he was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HIGH WIND, UNSECURED, LOAD SHIFT, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, FLATBED TRUCK

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Other		Under $50,000		1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300823002			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Laborers, except construction	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior tile work (ceramic, vinyl, acoustic) Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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