Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201173853 - Employee's leg injured when pinned by beam

Accident Summary Nr: 201173853 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 05/14/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125709642	05/21/2003	1791	238120	Dutra Steel Inc

Abstract: At about 2:15 p.m. on May 14, 2003, Employee #1, the president of Dutra Steel, Inc., was erecting at ground level a section of roof for a small manufacturing building. The section consisted of two steel beams that were standing upright and had been braced and guyed, as well as connecting sheet metal purlins that had been connected to the beam at one end. Employee #1 descended a ladder after removing the outside guy line in order to adjust the position of the beam before connecting the purlins. The beam then fell on Employee #1's legs. He was hospitalized at Rideout Hospital in Marysville, CA, for a fractured leg.

Keywords: BEAM, FRACTURE, STEEL BEAM, STEEL, PINNED, STEEL ERECTION, GUY, BRACING, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125709642			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Supervisors, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Plumbing-Up Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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