Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200960508 - Employee injured in fall from roof joists

Accident Summary Nr: 200960508 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 09/10/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
127365518	09/13/1996	1791	0	Superior Steel Erectors,Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 and coworkers were assigned by their foreman to work atop the steel bar joists on a roof decking operation. They were laying out 36 in. wide by 17 ft 4 in. to 23 ft 5 in. long pieces of 22-gauge cold-formed steel sheets. No one saw Employee #1 fall until a coworker yelled and said that someone was falling to the concrete floor under the decking operation. Employee #1 sustained life-threatening injuries to his head and lungs and broken pelvic bones. Medical help was called, and he was flown to a hospital trauma unit. Employee #1 was allegedly wearing a safety belt and lanyard, which was attached to a 3/8 in. diameter steel cable static lifeline; the safety line was attached to the bar joists.

Keywords: ERECTION PROCESS, HEAD, LUNG, INSTALLING, JOIST, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	127365518			Hospitalized injury	Other	Structural metal workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 27 feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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