Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202552428 - Employee Is Injured Try to Avoid Falling Materials

Accident Summary Nr: 202552428 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 11/30/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313168569	12/17/2010	1623	237110	Fydaq Company Inc

Abstract: On November 30, 2010 an employee had suffered a serious injury. The Employer was an underground utility contractor that was installing a storm water gate. The injured employee was a laborer with over 9 years'of experience with the employer. On the day of the incident, two components of the system were being picked at the same time to place into position. The top section began to slide and fall off as the load shifted. The injured employee, who was guiding the stacked parts to its delivery point, jumped away to avoid the falling prefabricated concrete part as it fell, and suffered rib and back injury that required hospitalization for two days. The falling concrete part weighed in excess of 2000 pounds.

Keywords: HEALTH CARE FACILITY, BACK, RIB, CONCRETE PIPE, FALL

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		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	313168569			Hospitalized injury	Strain/Sprain	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 1 feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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