Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14397723 - Employee dies in fall from skeletal steel structure

Accident Summary Nr: 14397723 -- Report ID: 0625400 -- Event Date: 07/20/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101494144	07/21/1989	1629	0	H.B. Zachry Company

Abstract: Employee #1 had been connecting a horizontal beam on the fifth level when the beam became wedged with misaligned holes. He climbed down a column to the fourth level and crossed the horizontal to the east, outside column, where a wedge was still in place from aligning the beam he was walking on. He started to step around the outside column to free the wedge, mis-stepped, and fell 50 ft to the concrete base. Employee #1 was killed. He had not hooked his lanyard. Engineers and a safety director that were present attested to the distance of the fall.

Keywords: BEAM, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, WALKING ON BEAM, TIE-OFF

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101494144			Fatality	Concussion	Structural metal workers

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