Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201510856 - Steel Plate Falls, Fractures Sawmill Workers Leg

Accident Summary Nr: 201510856 -- Report ID: 0950651 -- Event Date: 10/19/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314451287	11/01/2012	1795	238910	Joseph Hardesty Dba Hardesty Sand & Gravel

Abstract: On October 19, 2012, Employee #1, a 29-year-old male with Joseph Hardesty Dba Hardesty Sand & Gravel, was dismantling machinery in an inactive sawmill when a nine hundred and eighty pound steel plate fell and broke his lower leg. Employee #1 was hospitalized for fracture injures as a result of this event.

Keywords: FRACTURE, STEEL, SAW, SAWMILL, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Demolition		$50,000 to $250,000	1	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	314451287			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Millwrights	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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