Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202443453 - Employee's Leg Is Fractured by Falling Column

Accident Summary Nr: 202443453 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 05/17/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307460501	06/23/2006	1791	238120	D & D Welding Inc

Abstract: At approximately 8:45 a.m. on May 17, 2006, Employee #1, of D & D Welding, was manually moving a 500-lb steel column with a coworker, when the column slipped from the coworker's hands and fell through the elevator hoist opening. The end Employee #1 was holding raised and then lowered. Employee #1 reacted by letting go of his end, grabbing onto the floor so that he would not fall down the shaft. The column struck his leg, fracturing the tibia. He was admitted to El Rancho Springs Medical Center.

Keywords: FRACTURE, TIBIA, WELDER, CONSTRUCTION, STEEL COLUMN, MANUAL MAT HANDLING, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

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	3

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307460501			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Welders and cutters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installation Of Decking-Initial Laying Deck (Incl Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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