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Accident: 14381917 - Fall From Structural Steel While Welding A Precast Panel

Accident: 14381917 -- Report ID: 0521400 -- Event Date: 09/05/1984
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
195023709/05/19841741Swanson Erection Inc

EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WELDING A PRECAST CONCRETE PANEL INTO PLACE ON THE WEST FACE OF THE PENTHOUSE OF BUILDING #1. HE WAS ON A 12 INCH WIDE STEEL I BEAM. HE APPARENTLY SLIPPED AND FELL 16 FEET, 5 INCHES TO THE CONCRETE FLOOR. HE FRACTURED BOTH HIS WRISTS, HIS STERNUM AND ALSO SUFFERED A CONCUSSION. NO FALL PROTECTION WAS PROVIDED.

Keywords: erection process, steel beam, building, iron worker, construction, welding, precast, steel erection, fall

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 1950237 Hospitalized injury Fracture Occupation not reported

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