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Accident: 118490.015 - Employee Erecting Steel Beams Is Killed In Fall

**Accident: 118490.015 -- Report ID: 0625400 -- Event Date: 07/31/2019**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1419679.015	07/31/2019		Steelco, Inc.

At 8:30 a.m. on July 31, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a structural steel compa ny, was connecting steel beams for a new three-story commercial building, a mult iemployer construction project. Employee #1 fell, and his self-retracting lifel ine failed. Employee #1 fell 45 feet and died at the job site from his injuries .

Keywords: construction, crane, equipment failure, fall, fall protection, iron worker, lifeline, rigging, steel beam, steel erection

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			3	45	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1419679.015	37	M	Fatality		Construction Laborer	FallDist: 45 FallHt:45 Cause: Erecting structural steel FatCause:

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