Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202584868 - Employee Is Injured in Fall from Trellis

Accident Summary Nr: 202584868 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 04/29/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310606702	05/13/2009	1791	238120	Kcb Towers Inc

Abstract: At approximately 2:00 p.m. on April 29, 2009, Employee #1 was working off of a trellis, 12 feet above a concrete floor, welding a square steel tube to the side of the building. He stepped into the void between two adjacent trellises and fell. He was transported to a nearby medical center, where he was hospitalized for treatment of unspecified injuries.

Keywords: FRACTURE, STEEL TUBE, WELDER, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, INATTENTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	2	25

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310606702			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 12 feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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