Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 109279.015 - Employee fractures arm when struck by dropped block

Accident Summary Nr: 109279.015 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 08/27/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1347311.015	09/19/2018		238120	Mike Owen Fabrication, Inc.

Abstract: At 9:00 a.m. on August 27, 2018, an employee was working to install a steel beam in the basement level of an elevator shaft. A coworker was working five stories above him installing wooden blocks (four inches by ten inches by twelve inches). At some point, the coworker dropped a block that fell five stories and through a crack in the floor and struck the employee on the arm. The employee received an arm fracture when the block stuck him.

Keywords: Arm, Blocks, Falling Object, Fracture, Installing, Steel Beam, Struck By

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1347311.015	55	M	Hospitalized injury		Welders and cutters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Open Web Steel Joists-Bolting-Up Fatality Cause:

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