Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201148293 - Ironworker Is Injured in Fall at Building Under Construction

Accident Summary Nr: 201148293 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 07/22/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125951707	09/29/2006	1541	236210	The Herrick Corp

Abstract: On July 22, 2006, Employee #1 was working as an apprentice ironworker for a structural steel fabrication and erection contractor. He was a full-time payroll employee with no other contracts. He was assisting a welding crew in the construction of a seven-story hospital building. Employee #1 and another apprentice ironworker were assigned to remove the plywood from a 38-inch by 31-inch hole in the metal decking of the third floor and replace it with more metal decking. The hole was identified and marked. Employee #1 stated that he had a harness on but that he was not tied off to perform this task. Employee #1 fell 17 feet, 4 inches from the third to the second floor, sustaining unspecified injuries. He was hospitalized and underwent some surgeries.

Keywords: FLOOR HOLE, CONSTRUCTION, WELDING, STEEL ERECTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, FLOOR OPENING, TIE-OFF

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	7

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125951707			Hospitalized injury	Other	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 18 feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Fall through opening (other than roof)

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