Accident Report Detail
Accident: 200460731 - Employee'S Head Impaled By Falling Crossbrace
Accident: 200460731 -- Report ID: 0111400 -- Event Date: 07/22/2000 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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302922612 | 07/24/2000 | 1542 | Modern Continental Construction Company | ||||
Employee #1 was walking through the work site and was moving under a bundle of crossbraces when the load fell. He was impaled by a crossbrace that entered his cranium. Employee #1 sustained puncture injuries that required hospitalization. The load of braces was inadequately rigged. | |||||||
Keywords:
head, rigging, impaled, unsecured, work rules, construction, struck by, falling object, puncture, unstable load
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Highway, road, street | New project or new addition | $20,000,000 and over | 20 | ||||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 302922612 | Hospitalized injury | Puncture | Occupation not reported | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Stripping and curing concrete FatCause: Struck by falling object/projectile |