Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201793411 - Employee injures toe when light fixture falls

Accident Summary Nr: 201793411 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 10/01/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120260914	10/11/2000	1611	0	Banshee Construction Company, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 3:00 a.m. on October 10, 2000, Employee #1 and another employee (his supervisor) were working on the Number 3 lane of the 605 Freeway, north bound, near the Washington Boulevard on-ramp in the City of Whittier, California. Employee #1 was setting up the light tower with the assistance of his supervisor. While Employee #1 lifted the tongue of the light tower with his left hand and set the tongue supported capacity top wind jack with his right hand, the other employee slowly rotated the light tower's light units away from the direction of on-coming traffic. Suddenly, the capacity top wind jack detached from the tongue mounting assembly and it dropped directly over Employee #1's left foot and crushed his left toe. The other employee took Employee #1 to the Beverly Hospital, Emergency Care Unit in the City of Montebello. Employee #1 was diagnosed with an acute open comminuted left big toe fracture and acute complex nail bed laceration.

Keywords: FRACTURE, LIGHTING FIXTURE, CONSTRUCTION, TRAFFIC CONTROL, TOE, FALLING OBJECT, MECH MALFUNCTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Alteration or rehabilitation		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000		10

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	120260914			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Paving Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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