Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201508116 - Employee injured when iron bike rail on bridge overturns

Accident Summary Nr: 201508116 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 11/09/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310062013	11/13/2007	1791	238120	Kwan Wo Ironworks, Inc

Abstract: On November 9, 2007, Employee #1, a foreman/welder, was aligning a 1,100 lb., 7 meters long by 53 in. tall iron bike rail along the span of the newly-constructed Bay Bridge. As he was working, the bike rail fell over on top of him. Employee #1 suffered hairline fractures to four ribs and to his pelvis, and a bruised lung. He was transported to Highland Hospital in Oakland, CA, where he was still being treated four days after the accident.

Keywords: FRACTURE, METAL RAIL, INSTALLING, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, WELDER, CONSTRUCTION, PELVIS, BRIDGE, OVERTURN

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310062013			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Supervisors, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fencing, installing lights, signs, etc. Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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