Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201523099 - Employee injured when steel plate overturns, pinning leg

Accident Summary Nr: 201523099 -- Report ID: 0111500 -- Event Date: 01/21/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311549331	01/22/2008	1794	238910	R. Camputaro & Son Excavating, Inc.

Abstract: On january 21, 2008, Employee #1 was rigging a vertical steel plate in preparation for it to be lifted when the plate fell over on his leg. He was pinned to the ground and sustained a fractured femur. The plate was not secured while Employee #1 was rigging it.

Keywords: STEEL PLATE, FRACTURE, RIGGING, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, MECH MAT HANDLING, LEG, OVERTURN

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	4

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	311549331			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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