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Accident: 200672483 - Employee Killed In Fall While Installing Skylights

**Accident: 200672483 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 02/21/2000**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
303181259	02/22/2000	1793	Aca Greenhouses, Inc.

Employee #1, an ironworker, was on a plank, installing glass skylights into the frame of a hotel atrium. He was caulking an opening when he fell 58 ft and was killed. Employee #1 was wearing a body harness, but was not tied-off to his lifeline.

Keywords: installing, iron worker, work rules, construction, fall, fall protection, elevated work plat, tie-off, unstable position

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	42		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	303181259			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported	FallDist: FallHt:58 Cause: Installing windows and doors, glazing FatCause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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