Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201352549 - Employee Is Killed in Fall from Steel Decking

Accident Summary Nr: 201352549 -- Report ID: 0419700 -- Event Date: 07/29/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306752577	07/29/2004	1791	238120	Industrial Steel Fabricators, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306752569	07/29/2004	1542	236220	Elkins Constructors, Inc.

Abstract: On July 29, 2004, Employee #1 and a coworker, the members of a steel erection crew, were working on the second level of a building that was being built. The second level had the steel beams in place, and the crew was installing the steel decking. The second level was 15 ft, 5 in. above the lower level. There were unguarded edges and openings in the second level decking. None of the crew was wearing any type of fall protection, and there was no other fall protection present on the second level. While Employee #1 and the coworker were moving a steel deck panel, Employee #1's hands slipped from the panel, and he fell backwards. Employee #1 fell through an opening in the decking and landed on the lower level, which was a concrete floor. He was taken to a local hospital, where he died from his injuries. The cause of death was listed as a closed head injury.

Keywords: DECKING, HEAD, SLIP, ABRASION, ROOF OPENING, CONCRETE, CONTUSION, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	2		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	306752577			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 15 feet Cause: Installation Of Decking-Initial Laying Deck (Incl Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)
2	306752569					Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:

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