Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 97037.015 - Employee falls 24 feet and sustains fractured ribs and punct

Accident Summary Nr: 97037.015 -- Report ID: 0523300 -- Event Date: 02/14/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1231475.015	05/09/2017		238120	Dutton Welding & Millwright Services, Inc.

Abstract: At 11:30 a.m. on February 14, 2017, Employee #1 and a co-worker were installing grated steel decking on a maintenance platform with unguarded sides, located in the load out bay of a feed mill facility that the contractor was building. As Employee #1 walked toward the end of the platform, he fell 24 feet onto a steel scale platform below the platform that he was working on. The employee sustained three broken ribs, one of which punctured his lung. Employee #1 and the co-worker were both wearing body harnesses with six foot lanyards, but they had not tied off.

Keywords: Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Fracture, Lanyard, Lung, PPE, Puncture, Rib, Steel Erection, Unguarded

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			1	40

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1231475.015	26	M	Hospitalized injury		Millwrights	Distance of Fall: 24 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 24 feet Cause: Installation Of Decking-Final Attachment Deck (Wel Fatality Cause:

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