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Accident Summary Nr: 104337.015 - Employee is injured when clothes catch fire and falls from l

Accident Summary Nr: 104337.015 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 03/20/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1305616.015	03/30/2018		238120	Panther City Iron Works, Inc.

Abstract: At 3:15 p.m. on March 20, 2018, Employee #1, employed by an iron works company, was working from a scissor lift at the site of a new one-story commercial building. He was performing welding, part of the steel erection process, when welding sparks ignited his clothing. As he attempted to climb down from the lift, he fell. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was hospitalized and treated for burns and a fractured wrist.

Keywords: Aerial Lift, Burn, Clothing, Construction, Fall, Fire, Fracture, Steel Erection, Welding, Wrist

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			1	16

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1305616.015	40	M	Hospitalized injury		Welders and cutters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Open Web Steel Joists-Welding/Bu Fatality Cause:

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