Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201690989 - Employee is injured in fall from wall

Accident Summary Nr: 201690989 -- Report ID: 0950662 -- Event Date: 06/02/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301277398	06/16/2003	1791	238120	Pacific Coast Steel

Abstract: On June 2, 2003, Employee #1 of the Pacific Coast Steel was working at the site that was a multistory building under construction. He was tying a coupler beam to a column on an unfinished wall, approximately 11.5 ft above a concrete deck. The rebar anchorage that Employee #1 was tied-off to gave way and he fell down. Employee #1 sustained a fracture of his left wrist and compression fracture of a lower vertebra. He was hospitalized and underwent surgery.

Keywords: BEAM, FRACTURE, WALL, REBAR, BUILDING, COLUMN, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, VERTEBRA, WRIST

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	3

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	301277398			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 11 feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Connecting Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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