Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14463897 - CONSTRUCTION WORKER INJURED IN FALL

Accident Summary Nr: 14463897 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 08/31/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
103942991	08/31/1987	1791	0	Tonn & Blank Inc

Abstract: AT APPROXIMATELY 9:30 AM ON AUGUST 31, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS SETTING METAL TRUSSES WITH A CRANE AT THE 32 FOOT LEVEL. A TRUSS WAS STILL ATTACHED TO THE HOIST LINE WHEN EMPLOYEE #1 TOOK A COFFEE BREAK. AFTER THE BREAK HE CLIMBED TO THE 48 FOOT LEVEL AND REMOVED THE LINE FROM THE TRUSS. THE TRUSS WAS NOT SECURE AND FELL, KNOCKING EMPLOYEE #1 FROM HIS POSITION AND CAUSING HIM TO FALL, WITH THE TRUSS, TO THE 32 FOOT LEVEL. HE WAS ASSISTED BY OTHER EMPLOYEES AND THEN REMOVED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL.

Keywords: TRUSS, UNSECURED, CONSTRUCTION, STEEL ERECTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	103942991			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Structural metal workers

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