Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200782332 - Employee killed in fall from unprotected balcony

Accident Summary Nr: 200782332 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 04/18/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303915672	04/18/2002	1793	0	Gillham Glass Company, Inc.

Abstract: On Thursday, April 18, 2002, Employee #1 and a foreman from Gillham Glass Company Incorporated began installing glass windows on fourteenth and fifteenth floors, following the reinstallation of three panes of glass in a curtain wall of Room Number 1714. Between 10:00 a.m. and 10:15 a.m. Employee #1 and a foreman returned to Room Number 1714 to install pressure bars and face caps around the exterior of the recently installed windows. The foreman then left the room to retrieve a full-body harness and screws from the gang box located on the fifth floor, so that they could complete the job. In the foreman's absence, Employee #1 proceeded to walk out onto the unprotected balcony taking the pressure bars and a stepladder with him. At approximately 10:30 a.m., Employee #1 fell approximately 145 ft from an unprotected seventeenth-story exterior balcony, traveled through the roof of an adjacent four-story low-rise apartment building, and landed in a hallway on the fourth floor. He was killed.

Keywords: FRACTURE, ROOF, BUILDING, STEPLADDER, CONSTRUCTION, BACK, FALL, WORK SURFACE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	17		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303915672			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 145 feet Cause: Installing windows and doors, glazing Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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