Accident Report Detail
Accident: 101523.015 - Employee Falls When Guardrail Fails And Fractures Leg, Ankle
Accident: 101523.015 -- Report ID: 0830600 -- Event Date: 12/08/2017 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1283279.015 | 12/13/2017 | Art C Klein Construction Inc | |||||
At 2:30 p.m. on December 8, 2017, Employee #1, employed by a construction compan y, was installing insulation at a multiemployer construction project, a five-sto ry commercial building. He leaned on a second floor balcony's guardrail, and th e guardrail failed. Employee #1 fell, a fall height of 12 feet, and landed on t he pavement. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for a fractured leg and fractured an kles. | |||||||
Keywords:
ankle, construction, fall, fall protection, fracture, guardrail, leg, structural collapse
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Commercial building | New project or new addition | 5 | 12 | ||||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Construction | |
1 | 1283279.015 | 42 | M | Hospitalized injury | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors FatCause: |