Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170618425 - Employee injured in fall from steel beam

Accident Summary Nr: 170618425 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 07/21/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125853531	07/28/1998	1791	0	Davison Iron Works Inc

Abstract: At approximately 1:10 p.m. on July 21, 1998, Employee #1, of Davison Iron Works, and a coworker were connecting structural steel beams on the third floor level of a building. Employee #1 was walking on top of a beam to the next connecting point when the coworker yelled that the next beam, which was suspended from a crane, was coming in over his head. Employee #1 fell 26 ft to the ground, striking a beam on the second floor on the way. He sustained multiple fractures and other injuries, and was transported by ambulance to U.C Medical Center in Sacramento, CA. Employee #1 was not using any form of fall protection. It was not clear if he was struck by the suspended beam or whether he lost his balance when he looked up and tried to avoid the incoming beam.

Keywords: FRACTURE, WORK RULES, SUSPENDED LOAD, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, STRUCK BY, WALKING ON BEAM, LOST BALANCE, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	3

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125853531			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Structural metal workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 26 feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Welding/Burning/Grindi Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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