Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 958439 - Employee's leg fractured in fall from structural steel

Accident Summary Nr: 958439 -- Report ID: 0950622 -- Event Date: 01/08/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119796761	03/10/1997	1542	0	La Tona Construction

Abstract: At 11:00 a.m. on January 8, 1997, Employee #1, an iron worker, was bolting up a connection with a wrench while sitting on a 6 in. wide by 14 in. deep I-beam. The wrench slipped and he lost his balance, falling approximately 14 ft onto his dislodged hard hat. He was transported to the hospital and treated for a fractured left femur. The beam that he had been sitting on was part of a canopy structure over a gas pump island at a service station construction site.

Keywords: BEAM, FRACTURE, IRON WORKER, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, BOLTING, LOST BALANCE, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial 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	119796761			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Structural metal workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 14 feet Cause: Forming Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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