Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200675494 - Employee Is Killed in Fall

Accident Summary Nr: 200675494 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 09/10/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308409689	09/12/2005	1791	238120	Litecrete, Inc.

Abstract: On September 10, 2005, Employee #1 was working from a steel joist that was approximately 27-feet above a concrete floor. Simultaneously, a coworker was being raised by a Lull boom that acted as a working platform for welding steel plates to the joist. The plates were attached to prep cast concrete walls. As the boom was being raised it struck the joist that Employee #1 was on, causing him to fall to the concrete floor. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: FRACTURE, MANUAL MAT HANDLING, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, STRUCK BY

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	308409689			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 27 feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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