Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202474375 - Employee injured in fall while walking on beam

Accident Summary Nr: 202474375 -- Report ID: 0950636 -- Event Date: 08/27/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307185991	09/12/2007	1791	238120	Welding Unlimited Inc

Abstract: At approximately 1:00 p.m. on August 27, 2007, Employee #1, of Welding Unlimited, Inc., was at the site of a cathedral under construction in Downey, CA. The structural steel beams, columns, and corrugated steel decking were being erected by a 30-ton hydraulic truck crane, while local iron workers were performing the manual labor. Employee #1 had just climbed a beam and was walking on the top flange when he lost his balance and fell 10 ft 2 in. onto a dirt surface. He sustained multiple fractures to his right arm and impalement of his left arm on some rebar. He was transported to Saint Francis Medical Center, where he was hospitalized for three days.

Keywords: FRACTURE, IMPALED, IRON WORKER, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, WALKING ON BEAM, ARM, LOST BALANCE, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307185991			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Landing Materials (Hoi Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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