Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 171058738 - Employee fractures ankle in fall when steel deck shifts

Accident Summary Nr: 171058738 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 02/04/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301166716	02/04/2000	1791	0	Interstate Erectors

Abstract: Employee #1, of Interstate Erectors, was installing the first piece of steel floor decking when the deck shifted. He fractured both his ankles when he and the deck fell 17 ft onto a concrete floor.

Keywords: DECKING, FRACTURE, INSTALLING, UNSECURED, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, WORK SURFACE, ANKLE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	3

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	301166716			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Precision assemblers, metal	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 17 feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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