Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201119872 - Employee Is Injured in Fall Onto Metal Track

Accident Summary Nr: 201119872 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 06/13/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300830197	06/23/2005	1742	238310	Mowery Thomasson

Abstract: At approximately 10:45 a.m. on June 13, 2005, Employee #1 was cutting metal track with the chop saw after taking measurements. When Employee #1 turned around and walked with the metal track that he cut, his left foot stepped over the electric cord on the floor. The electric cord was used by another employee who was working on the scissor lift fastening metal track with his electric screw gun. When Employee #1 stepped forward, his right foot was caught under the electric cord and he tripped. Employee #1 released the metal track that he was holding while he was on his way down to the floor. However, Employee #1 landed on another metal track already installed on the floor. Employee #1 suffered a 3-in. cut to his right wrist. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: STRUCK AGAINST, LACERATION, TRIPPED, FALL, ELECTRIC CORD, WRIST

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300830197			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 1 feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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