Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 97147.015 - Employee falls and sustains multiple fractures

Accident Summary Nr: 97147.015 -- Report ID: 0627100 -- Event Date: 07/14/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1246931.015	07/14/2017		237990	Burkhalter Technologies, Inc.

Abstract: At 10:00 a.m. on July 14, 2017, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was working at a multiemployer residential construction project. He was on the building's third floor and engaged in offloading red iron railings from the forks of a CAT rough terrain truck. The railings slid off the forks and jerked Employee #1, who fell to the ground, a fall height of 22 feet. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for fractures to both hands and his left knee.

Keywords: Fall, Fall Protection, Fence, Fracture, Hand, Iron, Knee, Off Loading, Residential Construction, Struck By

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	3	22

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1246931.015	26	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction	Distance of Fall: 22 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 22 feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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