Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14514962 - Employee killed in fall from beam

Accident Summary Nr: 14514962 -- Report ID: 0524700 -- Event Date: 05/04/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106274137	05/05/1989	1791	0	Don R. Fruchey Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106274186	05/05/1989	1541	0	H. U. Tuttle & Son Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 and a coworker, a connecter, were setting beams on a steel erection project. Employee #1 was installing a cross beam at the third level of a stair structure Rex dryer transport air system. Employee #1 stepped to the beam that had just been put into place and fell 35 ft backward in a vertical position. He tried to catch the beam, but was unable to maintain a grasp. Employee #1 then fell slightly forward and struck the beam immediately below. Once Employee #1 hit the beam, his body assumed a horizontal position. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: ERECTION PROCESS, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, WALKING ON BEAM

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	106274137			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported
2	106274186					Occupation Not Listed

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