Accident Report Detail

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Accident: 200460814 - Employee Killed In Fall From Steel Structure

**Accident: 200460814 -- Report ID: 0111400 -- Event Date: 08/01/2000**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
302922836	08/01/2000	1791	Rescue Welding, Incorporated

Employee #1, an iron worker, was welding on the 19th floor of a steel structure when he lost his balance and fell to the fifth floor roof. He was killed.

Keywords: erection process, iron worker, work rules, welder, construction, steel erection, fall, fall protection, lost balance

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	36	460	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	302922836			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported	FallDist: FallHt:140 Cause: Erecting structural steel FatCause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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