Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 14332175 - COLLAPSE OF BUILDING STEEL DURING FRECTION
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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2167955 | 04/18/1985 | 1791 | 0 | Armadillo Steel Erectors |
Abstract: 5 EMPLOYEES WERE INSTALLING AND ERECTING STRUCTURAL STEEL OF SINGLE STORY WAREHOUSE. THE BUILDING WAS TO BE 350 X 480' 24 FT. HIGH. THE STEEL CONSISTED OF STEEL COLUMN AND BEAMING FORMING 40' SQUARES. TEN SQUARES HAD BEEN ERECTED AND ON EACH SQUARE 7 ROOF JOISTS HAD BEEN SET. NO GUY WISES HAD BEEN ATTACHED. WINDS AT 3:50 PM ON 4-16-84 WERE MEASURED BY NEARBY AIRPORT TO BE 36 MPH. TWO EMPLOYEES WERE ON ELEVATED BEAMS AWAITING A LOAD OF ROOF TRUSSES FROM A TRUCK. ONE EMPLOYEE REMEMBERS HEARING POPPING SOUNDS. 30 SECONDS LATER THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE SAGGED THEN COLLAPSED IN THE SAME DIRECTION. ONE EMPLOYEE JUMPED OFF OF BEAM AND FRACTURED BOTH LEGS.
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
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1 | 2167955 | Fatality | Fracture | Occupation not reported |