Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 201262334 - Employee Is Killed in Fall from Beam
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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312188881 | 05/27/2008 | 1791 | 238120 | Precise Steel Inc. |
Abstract: On May 23, 2008, Employee #1, an iron worker on a construction site, was working from an I-beam. He was using an impact wrench to tighten bolts on the I-beam, when he fell 42 feet from the beam. He sustained chest injury and was killed. He had not been using fall protection.
End Use | Project Type | Project Cost | Stories | Non-building Height | Fatality | ||
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Commercial building | New project or new addition | $1,000,000 to $5,000,000 | 4 | X |
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation | Construction |
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1 | 312188881 | Fatality | Concussion | Occupation not reported | Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 42 feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Fall from/with platform catwalk (attached to struc |