Accident Report Detail
Accident: 105495.015 - Employee Is Struck By Falling Beam And Punctures Leg
Accident: 105495.015 -- Report ID: 0950611 -- Event Date: 02/06/2018 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1298404.015 | 02/27/2018 | California Erectors Inc. | |||||
At 1:15 p.m. on February 6, 2018, Employee #1, an iron worker employed by a stee l erection company, was working at a construction site. He was doing a visual i nspection of a tilted steel beam that was resting on dunnage after a safety post was welded to the beam. Employee #1 touched the welded area, and the pressure was sufficient that the beam fell over. The safety post punctured Employee #1's right thighbone. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transport ed to the hospital, admitted, and treated for the puncture injury. | |||||||
Keywords:
construction, falling object, iron worker, leg, puncture, steel beam, steel erection, struck by, thigh, welder
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 1298404.015 | 48 | M | Hospitalized injury | Structural metal workers |