Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201404423 - Steel Column Falls on Employee Fracturing His Foot

Accident Summary Nr: 201404423 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 09/28/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
127174035	09/28/2000	1791	0	American Erectors

Abstract: An employee was injured when a structural steel column became disengaged from its lifting mechanism and the column fell on him. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured foot.

Keywords: FRACTURE, COLUMN, CONSTRUCTION, MECH MAT HANDLING, STRUCK BY, FOOT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	127174035			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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