Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202543591 - Apprentice Iron Worker Is Injured While Erecting Beam

Accident Summary Nr: 202543591 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 09/19/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300874344	10/26/2011	1791	238120	Construction Contractor Corp

Abstract: At 11:30 a.m. on September 19, 2011, an iron worker apprentice was working at the construction site for a new two-story classroom at a junior college in Los Angeles. He was attaching a sling to an "I" beam. The beam was approximately 9 feet long and 18 inches tall. It was standing upright. As the employee attempted to put the sling around the beam, the beam tipped over and fell on his left leg. The employee suffered a leg fracture. He was hospitalized for 3 days. The employee was employed by Construction Contractor Corp., Vernon, CA, the steel erection contractor on this project. The incident was reported by the general contractor on September 20, 2011, at 2:40 p.m. The investigator went to the site on October 26, 2011. An opening conference was held with the employer's superintendent, who gave permission to continue the inspection.

Keywords: BEAM, FRACTURE, STEEL BEAM, IRON WORKER, CONSTRUCTION, STEEL ERECTION, SLING, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	2	24

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300874344			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Lifting operations

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