Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200021194 - Employee injured in fall while welding steel beam

Accident Summary Nr: 200021194 -- Report ID: 0214200 -- Event Date: 02/11/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302131537	03/31/1999	1791	0	East Rutherford Steel Erectors

Abstract: Employee #1 was welding lateral bridging on the top steel beam of a non-tiered, one-story steel structure when he fell 26 ft 10 3/8 in. to the subgrade. He sustained injuries that required hospitalization. No safety nets were in place and no form of personal protection equipment was in use.

Keywords: ERECTION PROCESS, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, WELDING, STEEL ERECTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, SINGLE STORY

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302131537			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	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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