Accident Report Detail
Accident: 170870091 - Employee Injured By Fall From Roof Decking To Concrete Floor
Accident: 170870091 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 08/06/2001 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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119981637 | 08/20/2001 | 1791 | K D Steel | ||||
On August 6, 2001, a serious injury accident occurred at a new Wal-Mart being built by K.D. Steel in Lancaster, California. Employee #1, an iron worker, was installing decking on the top of the building when he stepped off the leading edge of the roof and fell 20 feet to the concrete floor. Employee #1 suffered a broken arm in the fall and was taken to Holy Cross Hospital in Mission Hills, California, for emergency medical treatment. | |||||||
Keywords:
fracture, roof decking, iron worker, fall, arm
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Commercial building | New project or new addition | $1,000,000 to $5,000,000 | 2 | ||||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 119981637 | Hospitalized injury | Fracture | Miscellaneous precision metal workers | FallDist: FallHt:20 Cause: Surveying FatCause: Fall from roof |