Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201043460 - Employee killed in fall with I-beam

Accident Summary Nr: 201043460 -- Report ID: 0953220 -- Event Date: 11/27/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311635312	11/27/2007	1791	238120	Schuff Steel Company
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311635361	11/27/2007	1542	236220	Perini Building Company, Inc.

Abstract: On November 27, 2011, Employee #1 was bolting up a structural steel I-beam in the southeast elevator shaft. He was using a bull pin and beater to level and align the holes for the bolts when the I-beam separated from the embedded plates to which it was attached. The I-beam, Employee #1, and the planks placed across the beams fell approximately 44 ft onto the concrete floor. He was transported to UMC Hospital, where he died shortly after arrival. Apparently, Employee #1 was tied-off with a choker and full body harness to the same I-beam on which he was working.

Keywords: UNSECURED, IRON WORKER, WORK RULES, TIE-OFF, STEEL BEAM, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	52	50	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	311635312			Fatality	Other	Structural metal workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 70 feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Fall, other
2	311635361					Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:

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