Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201353109 - Employee Is Killed in Fall from Decking

Accident Summary Nr: 201353109 -- Report ID: 0419700 -- Event Date: 05/08/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308437896	05/09/2006	1771	238110	United Forming, Inc.

Abstract: On May 8, 2006, Employee #1 was working as a carpenter at a building under construction, installing guardrails and other fall protection systems. He was provided with personal fall protection in the form of a harness and lanyards, instructed on how to use it, and informed about his employer's written rule for one hundred percent fall protection. When he went to the seventh floor of the building under construction, he did not secure his personal fall protection to the existing life line. He fell to the ground through an opening in the decking. He sustained multiple fractures, and he was killed.

Keywords: DECKING, FRACTURE, PPE, WORK RULES, LANYARD, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, FLOOR OPENING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	23		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	308437896			Fatality	Fracture	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 56 feet Cause: Forming Fatality Cause: Fall through opening (other than roof)

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