Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14497028 - Employee killed in 210 ft fall when hot slag burned lanyard

Accident Summary Nr: 14497028 -- Report ID: 0627100 -- Event Date: 08/31/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106781537	09/01/1988	1541	0	Brown & Root Usa, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was working at the top of an elevator shaft He used a nylon lanyard to tie off and wrapped it around a steel column twice so it would hold him close to the column. The lanyard was placed above a wall girt (a short piece of angle iron welded to the column) and Employee #1 stood on a wall girt located 4 ft below the one supporting his lanyard. He was cutting an anchor plate off the column for rewelding at another location when molten slag fell on the wall girt holding his lanyard. The slag burned through the nylon lanyard and Employee #1 fell approximately 210 ft. He was killed.

Keywords: MOLTEN SLAG, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, LANYARD, FALL, CUTTING AND BURNING, ELEVATOR SHAFT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	106781537			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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