Accident Report Detail

Accident: 201351780 - Employee Dies Of Apparent Respiratory Tract Disease

**Accident: 201351780 -- Report ID: 0419700 -- Event Date: 07/29/2002**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
303989768	07/24/2002	1542	Turner/Ppi Construction, A Joint Venture
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
303989701	07/24/2002	1791	Summit Erectors, Inc.
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
303989784	07/24/2002	1771	R. Hyden Construction, Inc.
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
303989776	07/24/2002	1711	W.W. Gay Mechanical Contractor Of Gainesville, Inc

On July 29, 2002, Employee #1 was completing some connections on a steel beam that was approximately 15 ft above the ground. When Employee #1 was finished, he stood up and then fell from the beam. Employee #1 was wearing appropriate personal fall protection equipment, including a harness and lanyard. This arrested his fall after approximately 3 ft, but he then swung toward the support column and struck his head. Employee #1 was killed. The medical examiner's report stated that his death was "natural", and that the probable cause was "severe centrilobular emphysema and generalized pleural fibrosis."

Keywords: fall, walking on beam, lung, iron worker, cardiovasc disease, struck against, construction, respiratory tract

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Other building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$20,000,000 and over	80		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	303989768			Occupation not reported	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: FatCause:
2	303989701	Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Erecting structural steel FatCause: Other
3	303989784			Occupation not reported	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: FatCause:
4	303989776			Occupation not reported	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: FatCause:

UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA