Accident Report Detail
Accident: 109241.015 - Employee Falls From Second Story Of New Building And Incurs
Accident: 109241.015 -- Report ID: 0950612 -- Event Date: 09/13/2018 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1347036.015 | 09/18/2018 | O'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
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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: |