Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 118490.015 - Employee erecting steel beams is killed in fall

Accident Summary Nr: 118490.015 -- Report ID: 0625400 -- Event Date: 07/31/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1419679.015	07/31/2019		238120	Steelco, Inc.

Abstract: At 8:30 a.m. on July 31, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a structural steel company, was connecting steel beams for a new three-story commercial building, a multiemployer construction project. Employee #1 fell, and his self-retracting lifeline 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		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			3	45	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1419679.015	37	M	Fatality		Construction Laborer	Distance of Fall: 45 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 45 feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause:

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