Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201088937 - Employee Injures Back in Fall from Bridge

Accident Summary Nr: 201088937 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 02/16/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310820071	05/11/2007	1622	237310	Viking Construction Co

Abstract: At approximately 12:00 p.m. on February 16, 2007, Employee #1 was fabricating concrete false work at a freeway overpass under construction. Employee #1 was elevated approximately 10 ft on a bridge support, building the false work for the next concrete lift of the column. Employee #1 fell to the ground injuring his lumbar vertebrae. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: BRIDGE COLUMN, FRACTURE, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, BRIDGE, VERTEBRA

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Alteration or rehabilitation		$500,000 to $1,000,000		26

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310820071			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Forming Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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