Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201856820 - Employee hospitalized when steel beam falls on him

Accident Summary Nr: 201856820 -- Report ID: 0452110 -- Event Date: 12/03/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305367906	12/04/2002	1542	331528	Woodford Steel, Inc.

Abstract: On December 3, 2002, Employee #1 and Employee #2 were moving a mobile scaffold from one area of a building to another. The scaffold struck an unsecured steel beam, dislodging the beam, causing it to fall and strike Employee #1. Employee #1 was hospitalized with an unspecified fracture.

Keywords: BEAM, STEEL BEAM, MOBILE SCAFFOLD, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	305367906			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	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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