Accident Report Detail
Accident: 105633.015 - Employee Hoisting I-Beam Is Injured When Beam Rolls Onto Leg
Accident: 105633.015 -- Report ID: 0215600 -- Event Date: 12/05/2017 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1280987.015 | 12/05/2017 | Skanska Walsh Joint Venture | |||||
At 9:00 a.m. on December 5, 2017, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was working at a multiemployer construction project, a five-story commercial building. He was functioning as a tag liner for steel erection. Employee #1 walked to an I-beam that was being hoisted. The beam, which weighed 1,500 pounds, was 32 feet long, and had been set upon uneven ground, fell and rolled onto Employee #1's left leg. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for a fractured leg. | |||||||
Keywords:
steel erection, fracture, leg, hoistline, falling object, struck by, uneven ground, construction, beam
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Commercial building | New project or new addition | 5 | 50 | ||||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 1280987.015 | 49 | M | Hospitalized injury | Fracture | Construction Laborer |