Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201059615 - Employee's Leg Fractures When Another Employee Jumps on Him

Accident Summary Nr: 201059615 -- Report ID: 0950642 -- Event Date: 04/25/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307164681	05/03/2005	1542	236220	The Herrick Corp

Abstract: A worker for a steel erection company was standing on a flat bed truck unloading iron. A crane operator had lost sight of the worker momentary as the load rotated and swung toward the worker. To avoid being struck, the worker reacted to the coming load by jumping off the truck onto Employee #1 who happened to be passing by the truck. Employee #1 ended up on the ground under the worker. Employee #1 was hospitalized for treatment of a fractured right femur.

Keywords: FRACTURE, STEEL, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, CRANE OPERATOR, FALLING OBJECT, FLATBED TRUCK, CRANE, LEG

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	10	120

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307164681			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Structural metal workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Other

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