Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200552602 - Employee killed in fall from stair landing

Accident Summary Nr: 200552602 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 10/09/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304480056	10/10/2002	1791	0	Bobuco, Inc.

Abstract: On October 9, 2002, Employee #1 and two other employees of Bobuco, Inc., were installing steel stairs at the New Orleans Welcome Visitors Center in New Orleans, LA. Employee #1 was assisting the two other employees in guiding the steel stairs onto the landing between the third and fourth floors. As the steel stairs were being placed onto the landing by a crane, Employee #1 stepped onto the stairs before they were permanently welded to the landing. The stairs shifted and Employee #1 fell approximately 41 feet to the ground floor and was killed.

Keywords: INSTALLING, CONSTRUCTION, STAIR LANDING, STEEL ERECTION, FALL

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	6		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	304480056			Fatality	Cut/Laceration	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 41 feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Fall from/with platform catwalk (attached to struc

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