Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200800985 - Employee is killed in fall during steel erection

Accident Summary Nr: 200800985 -- Report ID: 0523300 -- Event Date: 10/03/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306107970	10/07/2003	1791	238120	Hi-Boom Erecting, Inc.

Abstract: 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		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Bridge		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over		65	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	306107970			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 65 feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Bolting-Up/Detail Work Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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