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Accident: 200800985 - Employee Is Killed In Fall During Steel Erection

**Accident: 200800985 -- Report ID: 0523300 -- Event Date: 10/03/2003**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
306107970	10/07/2003	1791	Hi-Boom Erecting, Inc.

Employee #1, an iron worker, was working on a bridge under construction when he disconnected his lanyard from the horizontal lifeline to climb down to a plywood deck below the steel. He fell approximately 65 feet onto a barge and was killed.

Keywords: iron worker, work rules, construction, steel erection, fall, fall protection, bridge

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Bridge		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over		65	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	306107970			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported	FallDist: FallHt:65 Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Bolting-Up/Detail Work FatCause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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