Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200823821 - Employee Fractures Head in Fall from Steel I-Beam

Accident Summary Nr: 200823821 -- Report ID: 0521400 -- Event Date: 05/01/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311249965	05/06/2008	1791	238120	Building Services Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 12:00 p.m. on May 1, 2008, Employee #1 and a foreman were installing a metal decking. Employee #1 was spreading out and fastening a corrugated sheet metal on a steel framed building. Employee #1 was wearing a harness and lanyard, although he was not tied off. Employee #1 was walking on the purling, while pushing the metal decking to the spot, where it would be secured to the frame work. Employee #1 lost his footing and fell from the steel I-beam at the height of 20 ft to 26 ft to the concrete slab. He fractured his head and was hospitalized. There were no contributing weather variables that day. It was a sunny and warm day with a slight breeze.

Keywords: DECKING, FRACTURE, HEAD, INSTALLING, SHEET METAL, BUILDING, CONSTRUCTION, LANYARD, FALL, LOST BALANCE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	311249965			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 25 feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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