Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201128535 - Employee Is Injured in Fall from Beam

Accident Summary Nr: 201128535 -- Report ID: 0950613 -- Event Date: 09/21/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310100763	09/22/2011	1791	238120	O'Brien Steel Erectors, Inc.

Abstract: On September 21, 2011, an employee of O'Brien Steel Erectors, Inc., was traversing (cooning) an elevated I-beam at a height of approximately 19 feet 7 inches. As he reached a column, he fell. The employee was seriously injured. The employee did not recall why or how he fell, and there were no witnesses to the fall. The employee was wearing the required fall protection, but it was not engaged as he traversed the beam, which is allowed. There were no other indications or evidence of what caused the fall. No violations could be substantiated for this incident.

Keywords: STEEL BEAM, JOIST, STEEL, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	1	50

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310100763			Non Hospitalized injury	Concussion	Sheet metal worker apprentices	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 21 feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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