Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202501433 - Employee injured in fall into cofferdam

Accident Summary Nr: 202501433 -- Report ID: 0352430 -- Event Date: 07/24/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311182331	07/25/2007	1794	238910	American Infrastructure Inc

Abstract: On July 24, 2007, Employee #1 was lowering a welding cable to a coworker inside a cofferdam when the welding cable became entangled on a 5 ft wide mat that was lying across the top of the cofferdam. Employee #1 had climbed onto the mat to untangle the cable when he slipped and fell. He dropped 14 ft onto a concrete pipe and then fell another 10 ft onto the soft mud of the lower level. He sustained several fractured ribs and internal injuries, for which he was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, WORK RULES, SLIP, COFFER DAM, CONSTRUCTION, RIB, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, ENTANGLED

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Sewer/water treatment plant		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	311182331			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 24 feet Cause: Dredging Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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