Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 99434.015 - Employee climbing wall falls, incurs multiple injuries

Accident Summary Nr: 99434.015 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 08/08/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1267499.015	10/02/2017		236210	Dragados Usa Inc.

Abstract: At 9:00 p.m. on August 8, 2017, Employee #1, employed by an infrastructure design and construction company, was engaged in concrete form work at a water/sewage treatment plant. He was using a safety harness and twin turbo retractable lanyards and climbing an Alsina/Alisply 30-foot tall formwork wall to do preparatory work before a cement pour. Employee #1 fell. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for four fractured ribs, a fractured clavicle, a punctured lung, a fractured radius, lacerations to his liver and kidneys, and three fractured vertebrae.

Keywords: Concrete Form Work, Construction, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Laceration, Lung, Rib, Vertebra, Wall

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Sewer/water treatment plant		New project or new addition				36

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1267499.015	49	M	Hospitalized injury		Carpenters	Distance of Fall: 15 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Forming Fatality Cause:

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