Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201508470 - Employee Is Injured in Fall from Deck

Accident Summary Nr: 201508470 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 04/03/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310063383	04/03/2008	1791	238120	Schuff Steel Company

Abstract: At approximately 1250 p.m. on April 3, 2008, an employee, an ironworker, was bolting-up beams. While cooning the beam, he came across a bundle of decking and lifted his leg over the bundle, but then his shoe got caught and lost his balance. The employee fell 13 feet to the decking below. The employee was transported to Highland Hospital in Oakland, where he was hospitalized and treated for contusion to his right eye and hip and pelvis fracture.

Keywords: BEAM, DECKING, EYE, FRACTURE, PELVIS, FALL, LOST BALANCE, HIP, WORK SURFACE, CONTUSION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	4	13

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310063383			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 13 feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Fall from/with platform catwalk (attached to struc

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