Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200030708 - Employee injured in fall into hole for sign post

Accident Summary Nr: 200030708 -- Report ID: 0521700 -- Event Date: 06/22/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302113550	06/22/1999	1791	0	All-Steel Structures, Inc.

Abstract: On June 22, 1999, Employee #1 and a coworker were offloading materials from a flatbed truck at a billboard erection site. A drilling contractor had just completed boring a 36 ft deep pit where the bottom of the sign was to be placed and had pulled away. Employee #1 and the coworker guided a piece of the billboard to a spot approximately 8 ft 6 in. from the pit. Employee #1 was removing the slings used to lift the material when he fell into the unguarded hole. He sustained injuries that required hospitalization.

Keywords: ERECTION PROCESS, BARRIER GUARD, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, PIT, FALL, OFF LOADING, ADVERTISING SIGN, UNGUARDED, WORK SURFACE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000		36

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302113550			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 36 feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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