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Accident: 14506166 - Fall From Unsecured Metal Decking

**Accident: 14506166 -- Report ID: 0830500 -- Event Date: 03/27/1984**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
373233	03/29/1984	1791	J D Steel Co Inc

AN EMPLOYEE FELL 35-40 FT TO THE GROUND LEVEL, FROM ATOP A NEW VIADUCT UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THE DECEASED WAS WALKING TO AN UNKNOWN DESTINATION FOR PURPOSES UNKNOWN, FOLLOWING A NORMAL WALKING PATH, WHEN HE SUDDENLY STEPPED OFF THE WALKING PATH INTO AN AREA BEING DECKED WITH META DECKING. HE STEPED INTO A PIECE OF UNSECURED DECKING WHICH SLIPPED, ALLOWING MR BALSTAD TO FALL TO THE GROUND LEVEL, DURING WHICH HE SUSTAI NED FATAL INJURIES.

Keywords: decking, erection process, steel, iron worker, construction, walking surface, fall, bridge

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	373233			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported

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