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Accident: 109241.015 - Employee Falls From Second Story Of New Building And Incurs

Accident: 109241.015 -- Report ID: 0950612 -- Event Date: 09/13/2018
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
1347036.01509/18/2018O'Brien Steel Erectors, Inc.
At 9:30 a.m. on September 13, 2018, an employee, working as a journeyman iron wo rker, was part of a steel erector crew building a new steel-framed building. The employee was working on the second floor. The employee was prepared to go on br eak by descending from a second floor beam to a scissor lift that would take him to the ground level. At some point, the employee fell thirteen and a half feet, possibly caused by tripping over two crisscrossing metal plumbing cables. The e mployee received fractures to his left wrist and cheek bone and a laceration abo ve his left eye. The employee was hospitalized for two days due to his injuries.
Keywords: eye, face, fall, fall protection, fracture, head, iron worker, laceration, scissor lift, steel erection, wrist
End Use Proj Type Proj Cost Stories NonBldgHt Fatality
Commercial building New project or new addition   2
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation Construction
1 1347036.015 36 M Hospitalized injury Structural metal workers FallDist:
FallHt:
Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Bolting-Up/Detail Work
FatCause:

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