Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200851293 - Employee killed in fall while walking on steel beam

Accident Summary Nr: 200851293 -- Report ID: 0215000 -- Event Date: 05/10/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
109894014	05/10/1999	1796	0	Delro Industries

Abstract: Employee #1 was part of a derrick hoist crew that was using a large roof derrick to lift other contractors' equipment onto the roof of a building. To get out near the edge of the building to retrieve the hoist tagline, the crew were walking on an old, elevated, steel I-beam structure called "wind bracing" that was made of 6 in. wide closed-web beams. Employee #1 was walking on a beam when he fell 35 ft, landing on a lower roof. He was killed.

Keywords: ROOF, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, WALKING ON BEAM, WORK SURFACE, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$20,000,000 and over	34	350	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	109894014			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 35 feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Moving Point To Point Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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