Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201174992 - Employee is injured while unloading structural steel

Accident Summary Nr: 201174992 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 10/23/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120343975	11/18/2003	1791	238120	Herrick Co.

Abstract: At approximately 8:30 a.m. on October 23, 2003, Employee #1, an ironworker, was unloading a truckload of structural steel using multi-piece "pick and rigging." While attaching the slings to a column, it fell over and pinned the employee's leg against another column located behind him. He was transported to the U.C. Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, CA, where he was hospitalized and treated for a broken left leg and crushing-type tissue damage.

Keywords: FRACTURE, STEEL, PINNED, COLUMN, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, STEEL ERECTION, STRUCK BY, SLING, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	120343975			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Structural metal workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Landing Materials (Hoi Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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