Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201353984 - Employee Is Killed When Steel Column Falls

Accident Summary Nr: 201353984 -- Report ID: 0419700 -- Event Date: 01/15/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313874042	01/15/2010	1791	238120	Metal-Bilt Construction, Llc
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313874745	01/15/2010	1771	238110	Howard Concrete Services, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313875288	03/15/2010	1771	238990	Jose B. Suarez, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313874836	01/15/2010	1541	236220	R.L. Haines Construction, Llc

Abstract: On January 15, 2010, Employee #1 was installing a 0.375-in. wire rope to provide support for two vertical steel columns (I beams), known as G-18 and G-19. Each column was 33 ft 4-in. tall, 18-in. wide, and weighed 1,750 lbs. Columns G-19 and G-18 were separated by 24 ft 7-in. The wire rope was intended to form an "X" cross brace between the two columns; from the top of one column to the bottom of the other column. On January 13, 2010, another crew had drilled four anchor bolt holes for column G-19, filled the holes with epoxy and inserted the bolts. On January 15, 2010, a forklift hoisted the column onto bolts and held it in place until the anchor nuts were secured on the bolts. Then the forklift was removed. While Employee #1 was installing the wire rope, Column G-19 fell and struck him. He was killed. The bolts had pulled out of the epoxy. The coworker who had injected the epoxy into the holes had not been trained in how to ensure the epoxy was properly mixed, properly applied or injected, or how to ensure that the epoxy had properly cured.

Keywords: UNSECURED, WIRE ROPE, COLLAPSE, STEEL COLUMN, STEEL CONNECTOR

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	313874042	Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure
2	313874745			Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:
3	313875288			Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:
4	313874836			Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:

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