Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 89986.015 - Employee falls from structural steel beam and is injured

Accident Summary Nr: 89986.015 -- Report ID: 1050210 -- Event Date: 10/26/2016
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1187319.015	10/26/2016		238990	Northern Services, Llc

Abstract: At 10:30 a.m. on October 26, 2016, an employee was sorting the pan decking on stacked structural steel when a corner of one of the decking caught his left glove as it fell when he let go of the decking. He subsequently lost his balance and fell forward in between the structural steel and landed on the concrete 13 feet 2 inches below. The employee received a concussion with a fractured nose and femur bone.

Keywords: Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Fall Protection, Falling Object, Steel Erection

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			2	13

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1187319.015	58	M	Hospitalized injury		Structural metal workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause:

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