Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201352705 - Employee Falls from Elevated Platform and Is Killed

Accident Summary Nr: 201352705 -- Report ID: 0419700 -- Event Date: 04/12/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308430719	04/13/2005	1741	238140	Jones Masonry Contractors, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308430693	04/13/2005	1542	236220	Roy Anderson Corp.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308430859	04/13/2005	1771	238110	Ard Contracting, Inc.

Abstract: On April 12, 2005, an employee and two coworkers were waiting on the seventh floor for the bucket elevator to arrive. One employee bent over the top rail (wire rope) of the guardrail system to look to see where the elevator was. When the employee put his hands on the top rail and leaned against the wire rope, it loosened from its end connections, and the employee fell approximately 61 ft to his death. Employees from another company (Roy Anderson Corp.) had incorrectly secured the ends of the wire rope rails to their anchor points. The wire rope rail was not capable of withstanding the force of a man (weighing approximately 200 lbs) leaning against it. The employees who erected the wire rope guardrail system were not experienced in erecting it.

Keywords: UNTRAINED, GUARDRAIL, FALL, ANCHOR, WORK RULES, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, WIRE ROPE, STEEL CONNECTOR, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	10	102	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	308430719	Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 61 feet Cause: Interior masonry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)
2	308430693			Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:
3	308430859			Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:

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