Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201613320 - Employee Sustains Fracture When Wind Blows Building Over

Accident Summary Nr: 201613320 -- Report ID: 1054113 -- Event Date: 04/09/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310641808	04/10/2007	1796	238290	Vernam Inc
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310641790	04/10/2007	1542	236220	Michael A Becker General Contractor Inc

Abstract: At approximately 2:00 p.m. on April 9, 2007, Employee #1 was working as a welder or cutter for a contractor that installed or erected building equipment. He was in a scissor lift, welding steel bridging on joists approximately 24 feet above the ground, when a strong gust of wind blew the building over. The falling building knocked over the scissor lift, with Employee #1 in it. He was struck by a steel joist, and he sustained an unspecified fracture. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: AERIAL LIFT, FRACTURE, HIGH WIND, JOIST, COLLAPSE, WELDER, CONSTRUCTION, WELDING, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	1	24

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310641808			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Welders and cutters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Open Web Steel Joists-Welding/Bu Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure
2	310641790					Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:

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