Accident Report Detail
Accident: 105560.015 - Employee Is Struck By Bleacher Frames And His Leg Is Fractur
Accident: 105560.015 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 09/14/2017 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1279137.015 | 11/27/2017 | Mike Russell Construction Inc. | |||||
At 12:30 p.m. on September 14, 2017, Employee #1 and coworkers, journeyman iron workers employed by a construction company, were engaged in steel erection at a multiemployer construction project, a new aquatic center at a college. They wer e erecting the steel frames for bleachers. The frames were steel square stock a nd angle iron. The frames were bundled and strapped five to six together, then transported to the work area on a cart, stored on the cart, and ready to be laid out and installed. The frames on a cart toppled off, falling and striking Empl oyee #1's leg. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital, admitted, and treated for fractures of the right leg's fibula a nd tibia bones. | |||||||
Keywords:
cart, construction, falling object, fracture, installing, iron worker, leg, steel beam, steel erection, struck by
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Other heavy construction | New project or new addition | 0 | |||||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 1279137.015 | 36 | M | Hospitalized injury | Strctural Iron /& Steel Worker | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Erecting structural steel FatCause: |