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Accident: 129091.015 - Two Employees Fall And Are Killed When Structure Collapses
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1490675.015 | 08/29/2020 | Eastern Constructors Incorporated |
At 2:10 p.m. on August 30, 2020, Employee #1 and Employee #2 were performing str uctural steel operations on a new building. The employees used aerial lifts to g ain access to the fifth floor to being connecting a structural steel beam to the fifth floor roof. The crane began to hoist the steel beam into position when th e structure collapsed. The falling materials struck the aerial lifts containing Employees #1 and #2, causing them to fall approximately fifty-four feet. Both em ployees were killed by blunt force trauma to their entire bodies.
Keywords:
aerial lift, blunt force trauma, building collapse, connector, fall, falling object, steel, steel beam, steel connecting, steel erection, struck by, structural collapse
| End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial building | New project or new addition | 5 | X | ||||
| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1490675.015 | 32 | M | Fatality | Strctural Iron /& Steel Worker | FallDist: 54 FallHt:54 Cause: Erecting structural steel FatCause: |
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| 2 | 1490675.015 | 33 | M | Fatality | Strctural Iron /& Steel Worker | FallDist: 54 FallHt:54 Cause: Erecting structural steel FatCause: |