Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14311716 - Employee killed in fall from steel girder

Accident Summary Nr: 14311716 -- Report ID: 0213900 -- Event Date: 09/08/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107357618	09/08/1992	1791	0	Ross Steel Erectors Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 8:25 a.m., on September 8, 1992, two workers were standing on a steel girder during steel erection for a warehouse addition. Open web steel bar joists had previously been set down onto and between two steel girders. No safety nets or fall protection was in use. Workers were not performing steel connecting tasks but were measuring and about to align and tack weld the bar joists into final position. Employee #1 attempted to hand the other worker a long-handled sledgehammer, but apparently lost his balance and fell 39 ft to the hardened earth. Sustaining multiple injuries, Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: FRACTURE, GIRDER, JOIST, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, STEEL ERECTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, NECK, LOST BALANCE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	107357618			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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