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Accident: 201250131 - One Employee Dies And One Is Injured In Fall

**Accident: 201250131 -- Report ID: 0257240 -- Event Date: 07/08/2005**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
308158955	07/11/2005	1791	Professional Steel Structures Corp

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		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	308158955			Fatality	Fracture	Construction laborers	FallDist: FallHt:20 Cause: Erecting structural steel FatCause: Fall from roof
2	308158955			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	FallDist: FallHt:20 Cause: Erecting structural steel FatCause: Fall from roof

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