Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202044608 - Employee injured after falling from decking

Accident Summary Nr: 202044608 -- Report ID: 0155010 -- Event Date: 10/09/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303454169	10/09/2001	1771	0	S. D. Ireland Concrete Construction Inc.

Abstract: On October 9, 2001, an employee of S. D. Ireland Concrete Construction, Inc. was working on a deck without any type of fall protection, or fall protection systems. During the concrete pouring operation, while he tried to protect himself from flying particles of wet concrete, he lost his lost his balance and fell approximately 12 ft from the floor. He was transported to the hospital and admitted to intensive care unit with a fractured skull, collapsed lung, eight thoracic fractures, loss of memory, and fractured facial orbital bones.

Keywords: DECKING, FRACTURE, CONSTRUCTION, SKULL, FALL, FALL PROTECTION

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	12

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303454169			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 12 feet Cause: Pouring concrete foundations and walls Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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