Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202340782 - Employee Is Injured in 32-Foot Fall

Accident Summary Nr: 202340782 -- Report ID: 0215000 -- Event Date: 05/25/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308664556	05/25/2005	1791	238120	Brooklyn Welding Iron Works Corp.

Abstract: Employee #1, an Ironworker, was carrying a stair stringer into the building and slipped while walking up a ramp at the entrance. Employee #1 fell against a wood guardrail post and the post gave way at its base and he fell. The guardrails had been removed to the left of the post on that side of the shaft to allow for hoisting, so the post had no bracing towards that side and it tipped and broke in that direction. Employee #1 fell 32 ft into the elevator shaft at the side entrance of the building. Employee #1 suffered fractured ribs, and other blunt impact injuries which were not life threatening. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, GUARDRAIL, IRON WORKER, SLIP, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, RIB, FALL, ELEVATOR SHAFT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	5	32

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	308664556			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 32 feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Fall through opening (other than roof)

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