Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200850410 - Employee killed in fall from highway decking

Accident Summary Nr: 200850410 -- Report ID: 0215000 -- Event Date: 06/20/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106871585	06/20/1997	1799	0	J And B Welding Inc.

Abstract: At 9:15 a.m., Employee #1 was on an elevated highway waiting for a load of metal decking to be placed on the deck by a crane below. The load, which was being picked off a flatbed truck, had not made it to the deck when Employee #1 fell approximately 70 ft onto the truck. He was transported to Long Island College Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival at 9:45 a.m. Employee #1 and his coworkers were not using fall protection even though they were working near the edge of the deck, and safety belts and static lines were available.

Keywords: DECKING, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over		70	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	106871585			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 70 feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Connecting Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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