Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201162351 - Employee injures back after 11 to 12-foot fall

Accident Summary Nr: 201162351 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 11/30/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126061639	01/02/2001	1542	236220	Morley Construction

Abstract: On November 30, 2000, Employee #1 was performing his normally assigned duties of installing an "embed" in a rebar assembly on a large construction site. The employee had been working on the back of the assembly when he had to move around to the front of it. As he did so, he unhooked his fall protection device. When the employee arrived at the intended new location, he re-hooked his fall protection, leaned back, leaned forward, and then leaned back again without re-hooking. Employee #1 fell in a seated position 11 to 12 feet to a wooden scaffold floor. The fall protection devices were examined, photographed, found to be without flaw, and nearly new.

Keywords: FRACTURE, REBAR, CARPENTER, CONSTRUCTION, BACK, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, INATTENTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	15	180

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126061639			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters	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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