Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201250131 - One Employee Dies and One Is Injured in Fall

Accident Summary Nr: 201250131 -- Report ID: 0257240 -- Event Date: 07/08/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308158955	07/11/2005	1791	238120	Professional Steel Structures Corp

Abstract: On June 8, 2005, Employees #1 and #2 were repairing the steel gratings on a structure by installing clips and screws when they fell 20 feet to the ground. Both employees suffered fractures and were hospitalized. Employee #1 died on June 9, 2005.

Keywords: FRACTURE, REPAIR, IRON WORKER, CONSTRUCTION, GRATING, STEEL ERECTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	308158955			Fatality	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 20 feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Fall from roof
2	308158955			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 20 feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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