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Accident Summary Nr: 170839773 - Employee fractures ribs in fall descending steel column

Accident Summary Nr: 170839773 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 10/10/2007
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
12548027710/11/20071791238120Mid-State Steel Erectors Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 3:13 p.m. on October 10, 2007, Employee #1, an iron worker for Mid-State Steel Erectors, Inc., was shinning down a column when he lost his grip and stepped backward, falling 16 ft onto a deck. He fractured three ribs, for which he was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, IRON WORKER, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, DESCENDING, STEEL COLUMN, RIB, FALL, WALKING BACKWARD
Accident Details
End Use Project Type Project Cost Stories Non-building Height Fatality
Commercial building New project or new addition $1,000,000 to $5,000,000 6 70

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation Construction
1 125480277 Hospitalized injury Fracture Structural metal workers Distance of Fall: feet
Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 16 feet
Cause: Erecting structural steel
Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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