Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201570827 - Employee injured in fall from open-sided floor

Accident Summary Nr: 201570827 -- Report ID: 0830500 -- Event Date: 03/12/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
116116088	03/14/2001	1791	0	Pioneer Steel, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1, an ironworker, was installing architectural changes from a finished but open-sided floor, and fell 12 feet to the ground below. He was using no fall protection. He was attempting to weld a piece of tubular steel being used for a window frame. Employee #1 stepped on some plastic and then when he tried to push it away from his feet, he stepped over the edge. Employee #1 was injured in the shoulder and hip and missed several weeks from work.

Keywords: SHOULDER, WELDER, DISLOCATED, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, HIP, OPEN-SIDED FLOOR

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	10

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	116116088			Hospitalized injury	Dislocation	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 12 feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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