Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 101881.015 - Two workers are hospitalized when steel roof collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 101881.015 -- Report ID: 0317900 -- Event Date: 09/07/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1262694.015	09/07/2017		238120	Impact Steel Erectors Inc.

Abstract: At 12:00 p.m. on September 7, 2017, Employees #1, Employee #2, and Coworker #1, employed by a steel erection company, were working at a multiemployer construction project, a four-story commercial building. They were squaring up the second floor steel beams when a section of the steel roof collapsed and struck the three workers. Emergency services were called. Employees #1 and Employee #2 required hospitalization and treatment for fractured bones.

Keywords: Building, Collapse, Construction, Falling Object, Fracture, Installing, Roof, Steel Beam, Steel Erection, Structural Collapse

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			4

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1262694.015	38	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction Laborer	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Plumbing-Up Fatality Cause:
2	1262694.015	24	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction Laborer	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Plumbing-Up Fatality Cause:

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