Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201799509 - Rigging Gear Strikes Employee, Fracturing Femur

Accident Summary Nr: 201799509 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 01/24/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301334074	02/01/2005	1629	236210	C.A.Buchen Corp.

Abstract: At approximately noon on January 24, 2005, an employee was working for C.A Buchen Corporation that was engaged in metal fabrication and steel erection. The employee assisted a forklift driver in moving an 11.2-ft long by 6.5-ft wide, steel column, weighing approximately 700 lbs. The column was rigged to the forklift with serial number 5AM91259. As it was being moved, the column got entangled with an anchor bolt in the foundation and became loose, and unstable. The rigging gear struck the employee. He suffered a fracture to his right femur. The injured employee was transported to and hospitalized at Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Baldwin Park.

Keywords: FRACTURE, COLUMN, CONSTRUCTION, STEEL COLUMN, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, STEEL ERECTION, MECH MAT HANDLING, FALLING OBJECT, LEG, UNSTABLE LOAD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$250,000 to $500,000	1	25

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	301334074			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Supervisors, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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