Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201151602 - Employee Suffers Fractured Foot

Accident Summary Nr: 201151602 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 10/13/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125897504	10/23/1998	1791	0	American Line Builders

Abstract: On October 13, 1998, Employee #1 sustained a compound fracture to his left foot when he attempted to pull free an angle iron lacing that had caught on the top of a parabolic shaped steel tower leg that was being assembled on the ground. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital and was admitted. Employee #1 had not been given specific instructions and training on the hazards unique to aligning iron lacing during tower assembly.

Keywords: FRACTURE, METAL RAIL, CONSTRUCTION, STEEL ERECTION, TOWER, FOOT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Tower, tank, storage elevator		New project or new addition		Under $50,000		150

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125897504			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Landing Materials (Hoi Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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