Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14305510 - Employee injured in fall with collapsing bar joist

Accident Summary Nr: 14305510 -- Report ID: 1050210 -- Event Date: 09/09/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
2536829	09/14/1988	1791	0	Steel Engineering And Erection Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 and a coworker set a bar joist at the 20 foot level above a concrete nook, but did not bridge or secure it. They then set decking along the edges and on the center of the unsecured bar joist. When a Grove PT 660 30-ton crane landed a 4,000 lb load of angle iron bridging on the center span of the decking, the unsecured bar joist rolled and collapsed. Employee #1 fell to the cement floor, dislocating his ankles and fracturing bones in his feet. He was hospitalized. His coworker, who held on to the load of angle iron, was lowered to the ground unharmed.

Keywords: DECKING, FRACTURE, JOIST, COLLAPSE, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, OVERLOADED, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, ANKLE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	2536829			Hospitalized injury	Dislocation	Structural metal workers

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