Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200880128 - Four employees injured when structural steel collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 200880128 -- Report ID: 0215800 -- Event Date: 09/20/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300627320	09/20/1997	1791	0	Eagle Building Systems Inc
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300627346	09/20/1997	1791	0	Span Construction & Engineering, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300627353	09/20/1997	1541	0	The Lathrop Company
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300627361	09/20/1997	1541	0	Guardian Industries Corp.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300627320	09/20/1997	1791	0	Eagle Building Systems Inc

Abstract: Employees #1 through #4 were engaged in steel erection work at a site in Geneva, NY, when several of the structural steel members collapsed. All four workers fell with the steel, sustaining injuries that required hospitalization. The steel erection process was not being completed as prescribed in the erection manual supplied by the building manufacturer, Carco Pruden. The investigation determined that insufficient support bracing, along with undersized base plates and attaching hardware, had contributed to the accident.

Keywords: ERECTION PROCESS, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, BRACING, COLLAPSE, CONSTRUCTION, STEEL ERECTION, BRACE, FALL

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	1	50

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300627320	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 40 feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)
2	300627346			Occupation Not Listed	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:
3	300627353			Occupation Not Listed	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:
4	300627361			Occupation Not Listed	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:
5	300627320	Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 50 feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)
6	300627320	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 50 feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)
7	300627320	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 40 feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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