Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201121845 - Employee Suffers Eye Injury When Hit By A Falling Nut

Accident Summary Nr: 201121845 -- Report ID: 0950613 -- Event Date: 02/26/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125518100	12/08/1999	1622	0	Morrison Knudsen Traylor Bros Weeks Marine

Abstract: Employee #1, an apprentice iron worker, was assigned to place bolts and nuts from storage kegs into canvass bags so the bags could be hauled to where a crew was bolting steel plates to existing tower supports. A nut left over from the previous day's work rolled and fell into the ladder access hole in the work platform approximately 100 ft above where Employee #1 was working. Employee #1 looked up when he heard a noise and was hit in the eye. Employee #1 was wearing protective eyewear and head protection, but he suffered multiple lacerations to the right eye. Employee #1 was treated and released from the hospital.

Keywords: EYE, CONSTRUCTION, LACERATION, STEEL ERECTION, STRUCK BY, BOLTING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Bridge		Alteration or rehabilitation		$20,000,000 and over		100

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125518100			Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Structural metal workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing metal siding Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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