Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202505954 - Employee Sustains Head Injury When Struck by Falling Pipe

Accident Summary Nr: 202505954 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 08/04/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312232325	08/04/2008	1796	238290	West Fence Co Llc

Abstract: On August 4, 2008, five employees were erecting a chain link fence, apparently around a building that had been erected and for which the tenant work was now being completed. The fenced in area measured 28 feet by 16 feet. The top of the bar joist was apparently 32 feet high in the area where the fencing was being installed. The employees were nearing the end of their workday, which ended between 7:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Apparently, all other contractors had left the site, when the employees, including the site foreman, removed their hard hats. As the employees were cleaning up before leaving the site, a piece of fencing pipe, measuring 68 inches in length and 1 5/8 inches in diameter, fell 32 feet and struck one of the employees on the head. The employee, who was not wearing a hardhat, sustained a head injury, apparently a concussion, and was hospitalized.

Keywords: ERECTION PROCESS, HEAD, HARD HAT, PPE, CONSTRUCTION, FENCE, PIPE, STRUCK BY, CONCUSSION, FALLING OBJECT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	1	32

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	312232325			Hospitalized injury	Concussion	Construction laborers

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