Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201612785 - Employee Is Injured When Struck By Falling Concrete

Accident Summary Nr: 201612785 -- Report ID: 1054113 -- Event Date: 09/13/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307471052	09/15/2004	1521	236220	Obrien Constructors Llc

Abstract: At approximately 2:00 p.m. on September 13, 2004, an employee was assisting in setting concrete forms on a construction site. A coworker was operating a crane. The boom on the crane flexed and dropped the load approximately one foot. The employee was struck on the head and shoulder. He was hospitalized with contusions to his head and shoulder.

Keywords: concrete form work, head, crane boom, suspended load, construction, struck by, falling object, contusion

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307471052			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pouring concrete foundations and walls Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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