Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201183522 - Employee suffers back contusions in fall from work platform

Accident Summary Nr: 201183522 -- Report ID: 0950611 -- Event Date: 07/09/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307397976	07/11/2007	1611	237310	C C Myers, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 1:30 p.m. on July 9, 2007, Employee #1 was working as a carpenter for a contractor constructing a freeway approach to the new eastern span of the San Francisco Bay Bridge. He was engaged in concrete formwork under a road bridge on Yerba Buena Island. Employee #1 had been standing on a 4 ft by 4 ft by 4 ft concrete structure that was partially buried in the soil. As he stepped down to the soil, his foot slipped into a narrow crevice surrounding the concrete structure. Employee #1 lost his balance and fell backward, his back striking against the edge of a large metal I-beam. He sustained contusions to his back and was transported to San Francisco General Hospital, where he was treated and released that same day.

Keywords: CONCRETE FORM WORK, HIGHWAY, SLIP, CONSTRUCTION, DESCENDING, BACK, FALL, BRIDGE, LOST BALANCE, CONTUSION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Bridge		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over		30

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307397976			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 2 feet Cause: Forming Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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