Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200780104 - Employee killed in fall from roof

Accident Summary Nr: 200780104 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 02/04/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
116313719	02/05/1997	1791	0	Steel Tech Erectors, Ltd

Abstract: Employee #1 was lining up roof trusses so they could be attached to the ceiling joist on which he was standing. In the process, he fell 21 ft from the joist and was killed. Employee #1 had been wearing a safety belt and lanyard, but he did not have the lanyard attached. An interpretation of the fall protection standard issued in 1995 states that workers may work at heights of up to 25 ft without fall protection if they are involved in a steel erection task. The foreman at Employee #1's workplace was aware of this, and did not enforce the attachment of lanyards, as his workers were at a height of 21 ft.

Keywords: TRUSS, INSTALLING, UNSECURED, CEILING, CONSTRUCTION, STEEL ERECTION, LANYARD, FALL, FALL PROTECTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	1	22	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	116313719			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 21 feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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