Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201509163 - Ironworker Is Injured in Fall from Ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 201509163 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 03/06/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312355563	03/16/2009	1542	236220	Umo Steel Inc

Abstract: At 3:30 p.m. on March 6, 2009, three ironworkers were installing the middle stringer of a steel stairway. The side stringers were held in place temporarily by tack welds. The crew used a chain hoist to help fit the middle stringer. Employee #1 was on a ladder that was leaning on the same stringer. During the positioning of the middle stringer, the temporary tack welds failed. Employee #1 and the ladder fell 12 ft to the ground. While falling, he struck a stairway stringer. Employee #1 was hospitalized for treatment of injuries to his cheek and arm, including unspecified fractures.

Keywords: FRACTURE, STAIR, INSTALLING, IRON WORKER, WELDING, HOIST, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, STEEL CONNECTING, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	312355563			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Welders and cutters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 12 feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause: Fall from/with ladder

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