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Accident: 200671584 - Employee Injured In Fall From Steel Structure

**Accident: 200671584 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 01/13/1999**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
301880886	01/13/1999	1791	Hodges Erectors, Inc.

Employee #1, an iron worker, was welding bracing for bar joists being installed on a tilt wall building when he fell 30 ft to the floor. He sustained multiple fractures, for which he was hospitalized.

Keywords: erection process, fracture, iron worker, work rules, construction, welding, steel erection, fall, fall protection

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	1	30

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	301880886			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	FallDist: FallHt:30 Cause: Erecting structural steel FatCause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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