Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202521092 - Employee Is Injured in Fall from Elevation

Accident Summary Nr: 202521092 -- Report ID: 0950624 -- Event Date: 02/21/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314990912	03/17/2011	1541	236210	Clint Butler Construction

Abstract: On February 21, 2011, Employee #1 an iron worker was working from a platform that was elevated approximately 15 feet up by the forks of a Gradall. Employee #1 was reaching over the side of the platform to reach the fascia board, lost his balance and fell over the side of the platform. Employee #1 was wearing his Personal Fall Arrest system but was not tied off to the platform. Employee # 1 sustained multiple fractures to his body. He was transported to the hospital, where he was hospitalized after undergoing surgery.

Keywords: FRACTURE, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, ELBOW, LOST BALANCE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	314990912			Hospitalized injury	Other	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 15 feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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