Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 102565.015 - Employee's leg is fractured when girder overturns

Accident Summary Nr: 102565.015 -- Report ID: 0522000 -- Event Date: 01/10/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1290537.015	01/17/2018		238120	Newton Welding Services, Inc.

Abstract: At 3:30 p.m. on January 10, 2018, Employee #1, employed by a welding company, was rigging a horizontally placed column in preparation for its erection. As Employee #1 was working between the column and a vertical open web girder, measuring approximately 50 feet by 4 feet, the girder overturned. Employee #1's leg became pinned between the girder and the column. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital where he was admitted and treated for a leg fracture.

Keywords: Caught Between, Column, Construction, Falling Object, Fracture, Girder, Leg, Rigging, Struck By, Welder

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			1	30

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1290537.015	25	M	Hospitalized injury		Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Open Web Steel Joists-Moving Poi Fatality Cause:

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