Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201404001 - Employee injured in fall from edge of decking

Accident Summary Nr: 201404001 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 06/13/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
127082071	06/16/2000	1791	0	Citi Steel Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 and coworkers were laying decking on the first floor of a building. After placing six sheets of decking into position, he went to measure the distance to the leading edge. As he was doing this, he lost his footing and fell to the next level. Employee #1 sustained multiple fractures, for which he was hospitalized.

Keywords: DECKING, INSTALLING, WORK RULES, PERIMETER GUARDING, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, LOST BALANCE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	7

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	127082071			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 29 feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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