Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170735047 - Employee injured in fall from steel column

Accident Summary Nr: 170735047 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 09/13/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120052204	09/14/1994	1791	0	Muhlhauser Steel

Abstract: At approximately 4:30 a.m. on September 12, 1994, Employee #1, of Mullhauser Steel, Inc., was using an impact gun to tighten bolts on an elevated steel column approximately 12 ft above a stairway platform in the bay north of 72E. After tightening (torque) the bolts, Employee #1 started to descend but lost his footing and slipped from the column. Employee #1 straddled the column and landed on a handrail 10 in. from the column. Employee #1 was admitted to the hospital suffering pelvic contusions and a fractures of the left inferior pubic ramus. Mullhauser Steel was cited for a serious safety violation.

Keywords: FRACTURE, WORK RULES, SLIP, CONSTRUCTION, DESCENDING, STEEL COLUMN, CLIMBING ON COLUMN, PELVIS, FALL, FALL PROTECTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120052204			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Structural metal workers

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