Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200460731 - Employee's head impaled by falling crossbrace

Accident Summary Nr: 200460731 -- Report ID: 0111400 -- Event Date: 07/22/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302922612	07/24/2000	1542	0	Modern Continental Construction Company

Abstract: 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

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302922612			Hospitalized injury	Puncture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Stripping and curing concrete Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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