Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 133881.015 - Employee is killed when steel structure collapses and employ

Accident Summary Nr: 133881.015 -- Report ID: 0355114 -- Event Date: 02/24/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1516682.015	02/25/2021		238120	Phoenix Steel Erectors, Inc.

Abstract: At 4:05 p.m. on February 24, 2021, an employee worked to connect a steel beam to adjacent columns. After connecting the beam, the employee disconnected the crane rigging and began to walk over to the basket of an articulating lift when the structure collapsed. The employee, who was still connected to the structure with fall protection equipment, fell approximately thirty feet with the steel beam and column. The employee received severe head injuries that included a skull fracture and intracranial bleeding along with an arm fracture and was killed.

Keywords: Aerial Lift, Anchor, Arm, Basket, Crane, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Head, Rigging, Skull, Steel Beam, Steel Column, Steel Erection, Structural Collapse, Tie-Off

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1516682.015	45	M	Fatality		Strctural Iron /& Steel Worker	Distance of Fall: 30 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 30 feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Moving Point To Point Fatality Cause:

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