Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201184520 - Employee Is Injured in Fall from Steel Beam

Accident Summary Nr: 201184520 -- Report ID: 0950611 -- Event Date: 09/04/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311059968	09/05/2008	1791	238120	Glazier Iron Works, Inc.

Abstract: On September 4, 2008, Employee #1 was working on a project that involved the construction of a new steel-frame 40 foot tall warehouse. Connecting work was being conducted on the steel frame with a crane operator who was unable to receive communications. Bolt up work was following close behind. A 30 foot beam was being lowered by the crane, near where Employee #1 was going to bolt up. As the beam was swinging into position, Employee #1 was walking on the top flange of the header beam toward a splice plate, near the swing radius of the beam. Employee #1 was not tied off at this time. Employee #1 fell more than 21-feet to the concrete ground floor below. He suffered five or six broken ribs, a broken left back bone, a bruised heart, a punctured lung, and an injured spleen. Employee #1 was taken to San Francisco General Hospital, where he stayed for more than a month, and had surgery once to remove his spleen. Employee # 1 worked for Glazier Ironworks.

Keywords: HEART, LUNG, STEEL BEAM, SPLEEN, CONSTRUCTION, BACK, RIB, FALL, COMMUNICATION, CRANE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	3

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	311059968			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Structural metal workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 21 feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Bolting-Up/Detail Work Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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