Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200800654 - Two employees are injured in fall from steel beam

Accident Summary Nr: 200800654 -- Report ID: 0523300 -- Event Date: 05/10/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303867485	05/14/2002	1541	0	Fagen Inc.

Abstract: Employees #1 and #2, and a coworker were working from 3 steel beams that were to be used as supports for a catwalk grating that they were installing. A piece of the grating was being lifted up to them by a choker attached to a crane. When the grating came to rest on one of the three steel support beams, the coworker used a pry bar to move the grating into position and to release it from the choker. Employees #1 and #2 were standing on one end of the grating when the other end came off the steel support, causing the grating to tip. Both employees fell to the floor and sustained injuries that required hospitalization.

Keywords: STEEL BEAM, INSTALLING, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, STEEL ERECTION, CATWALK, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	2	30

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303867485			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 22 feet Cause: Installation Of Decking-Initial Laying Deck (Incl Fatality Cause: Fall from/with platform catwalk (attached to struc
2	303867485			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 22 feet Cause: Installation Of Decking-Initial Laying Deck (Incl Fatality Cause: Fall from/with platform catwalk (attached to struc

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