Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201510682 - Employee Is Injured in Trip and Fall

Accident Summary Nr: 201510682 -- Report ID: 0950651 -- Event Date: 01/25/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311729107	01/27/2010	1622	237990	Traylor-Shea A Joint Venture

Abstract: On January 25, 2010, Employee #1, a Laborer, was welding PVC lining in a 12-ft-diameter tunnel. The employer had built two mobile work platforms on electric-powered, rubber-tired utility vehicles to fit inside the tunnel. Each work platform consisted of three levels with an access ladder. Employee #1 was descending from the top level to the middle level when his left foot became entangled in the hot air welding tool he was holding. He tripped and fell several feet, striking his left side against a vertical pipe that functioned as a grab rail for the access ladder. Employee #1 was hospitalized for three fractured left ribs and a collapsed left lung.

Keywords: FRACTURE, LUNG, TUNNEL, WELDER, DESCENDING, TRIPPED, RIB, FALL, ENTANGLED, ELEVATED WORK PLAT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		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	311729107			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 6 feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Fall from/with platform catwalk (attached to struc

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