Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201160652 - EMPLOYEE KILLED IN FALL

Accident Summary Nr: 201160652 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 07/23/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126111152	07/23/1998	1791	0	Starlite Welding Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 8:00 a.m. on July 23, 1998, Employee #1, an iron worker assigned to do bolt connections, was attaching bolts on a butt connection about 4 ft above the I-beam. Employee #1 was on the I-beam of the second floor of the steel building under construction. Employee #1 fell 13 ft 7 in. and was killed. No one witnessed Employee #1 fall.

Keywords: STEEL BEAM, CONSTRUCTION, STEEL CONNECTOR, STEEL ERECTION, BOLT, FALL, CONCUSSION, STEEL CONNECTING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		Under $50,000	2	14	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126111152			Fatality	Concussion	Welders and cutters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 14 feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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