Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200963718 - Employee's back injured in fall when come-alongs fail

Accident Summary Nr: 200963718 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 09/06/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302882675	09/06/1999	1791	0	Talon Erectors, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was working on the outside of a building between the fourth floor and the roof, at a height of approximately 50 ft. He was straddling a steel spandrel beam, using two come-alongs to jack it up when the hand winches broke and he fell back to the fourth floor. Employee #1 was wearing a safety harness looped over a piece of angle iron and connected back to the harness. The come-alongs were also attached to the angle iron. Employee #1 sustained multiple contusions on his back and was hospitalized. A causal factor in this accident was improperly tying off and using an improper anchor point.

Keywords: HAND WINCH, HOISTING MECHANISM, LIFELINE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, BACK, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, TIE-OFF

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	4	50

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302882675			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Structural metal workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure

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