Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201330412 - Employee falls through decking

Accident Summary Nr: 201330412 -- Report ID: 0213600 -- Event Date: 02/27/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304187917	02/27/2001	1542	0	Calamar Construction Management Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1, the site superintendent, fell through a metal deck roof which another employee was in the process of cutting. The employee, who had cut the opening, momentarily stepped away from the area after making two perpendicular cuts. When Employee #1 stepped in the area, the deck opened up like a trap door because there was a seam in the deck in the middle of the two perpendicular cuts. Employee #1 fell 22 ft onto a concrete floor and was killed.

Keywords: DECKING, FALL

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	1	22	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	304187917			Fatality	Other	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 1 feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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