Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 96383.015 - Employee falls from steel beam and is hospitalized

Accident Summary Nr: 96383.015 -- Report ID: 0419400 -- Event Date: 02/25/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1213824.015	02/28/2017		238120	Pearl Steel Erectors, Inc.

Abstract: At 8:00 a.m. on February 25, 2017, an employee was working for a structural steel and precast concrete contractor. He was doing ironwork that involved connecting steel beams to a building. He was on a structural steel beam. and he slipped off the beam and fell approximately 4.3 meters (14 feet) onto a concrete floor. He sustained a broken shoulder and tailbone (coccyx). He was hospitalized.

Keywords: Construction, Fall, Fracture, Shoulder, Steel Erection, Walking On Beam, Walking Surface

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition			1	14

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1213824.015	60	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: 14 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 14 feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Open Web Steel Joists-Welding/Bu Fatality Cause:

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