Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201262623 - Employee Is Injured in Fall from Bar Joists

Accident Summary Nr: 201262623 -- Report ID: 0524200 -- Event Date: 09/18/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313766016	09/18/2009	1711	238220	Jensen'S Plumbing & Heating, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 9:00 a.m. on September 18, 2009, Employee #1, with Jensen's Plumbing & Heating, Inc., was installing a steel support cable for a fabric HVAC duct to the bar joists in the gymnasium of a park district recreational building under construction. He accessed the bar joist by raising the basket of a scissors lift to the bottom of the bar joist and climbing out. Employee #1 fell approximately 10 ft to a concrete running track. He was hospitalized for a concussion. Employee #1 does not remember if he was entering or exiting the lift when he fell. He was wearing a full body harness with a six-foot Miller Sofstop lanyard. Employee #1 stated that he had been using the bar joist as an anchorage point; however, he was not anchored when he fell.

Keywords: HEAD, WIRE ROPE, UNSECURED, CONSTRUCTION, LANYARD, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, CONCUSSION, AERIAL LIFT

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	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	313766016			Hospitalized injury	Concussion	Heating, air conditioning, and refrig. mechanics	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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