Accident Report Detail
Accident: 114868.015 - Employee'S Neck And Back Are Fractured When Struck By Fallin
Accident: 114868.015 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 09/05/2018 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1349805.015 | 10/01/2018 | Mid Coast Transit Constructors | |||||
At 2:00 p.m. on September 5, 2018, Employee #1 and coworkers, employed by a brid ge and road construction company, were erecting steel falsework (temporary supp orts) for the bridge bent along a new trolley line, part of an overhead transit system. This required ensuring that the falsework, which was raised by crane an d consisted of dozens of parts, was plumb. Employee #1 accessed a work area to assist in the process of plumbing up the falsework. This area was identified as hazardous by the employer because of the potential for falling objects. A wood spreader measuring 4 inches by 8 inches by 5 feet, which was positioned between two sets of falsework during the plumbing process, fell from the bottom flange of a falsework beam and struck Employee #1. Emergency services transported the employee to the hospital, where he was admitted for treatment of fractures to hi s neck and back. | |||||||
Keywords:
back, bridge, concrete slab, construction, crane, falling object, fracture, guardrail, highway work zone, installing, metal pipe, neck, spreader bar, steel beam, steel erection, struck by, support posts, vertebra, work
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Highway, road, street | New project or new addition | 1 | 24 | ||||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 1349805.015 | 50 | M | Hospitalized injury | Carpenters | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Placing bridge deck FatCause: |