Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 95583.015 - Employee falls 19 feet while using an improperly installed p

Accident Summary Nr: 95583.015 -- Report ID: 0830500 -- Event Date: 05/03/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1232831.015	05/05/2017		327390	Rocky Mountain Prestress

Abstract: At 7:45 a.m. on May 3, 2017, an employee was walking along the side of an unprotected precast beam. The employee attempted to surpass the 30 foot maximum length of the self retractable lanyard. The employee was pulled off the edge of the unprotected beam. The employee fell 19 feet to a concrete surface. The employee sustained face lacerations, bruises, and a fractured wrist and fractured neck. The wrist fracture required surgery.

Keywords: Concrete Beam, Concrete Slab, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Laceration, Neck, Wrist

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	5	50

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1232831.015	24	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: 19 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 19 feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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