Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201363447 - Ironworker Is Killed in Fall from Lift Boom

Accident Summary Nr: 201363447 -- Report ID: 0419400 -- Event Date: 09/21/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313627143	09/22/2009	1791	238120	River City Erectors Llc Dba Hughes Erection & Fabr

Abstract: On September 21, 2009, Employee #1, an ironworker was on a JLG aerial lift welding angle iron between joists. He slipped, fell approximately 25 ft, was impaled by a piece of rebar, and sustained a head injury. Employee #1 was killed. A witness reported that Employee #1 exited the lift's platform and stood on the lift's boom prior to the fall.

Keywords: HEAD, IMPALED, IRON WORKER, SLIP, WELDER, STEEL ERECTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, AERIAL LIFT, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	2		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	313627143			Fatality	Concussion	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 25 feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Fall from/with bucket (aerial lift/basket)

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