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Accident Summary Nr: 201523644 - One Killed, Three Injured Erecting Structural Steel Building

Accident Summary Nr: 201523644 -- Report ID: 0111500 -- Event Date: 09/13/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314715285	09/13/2010	1791	238120	Fast Trek Steel Inc

Abstract: On September 13, 2010, a structural steel building had been partially erected, with an upper perimeter cable in place. For alignment, Employee #1 hammered once or twice on the tube steel he stood on, and it fell off the building. Employee #1 then fatally fell approximately 30 feet to the ground. A second piece of tube steel adjacent to the first tube steel then fell to the ground. A third piece of tube steel then fell and struck Employee #2, who had been standing on the ground below, causing a fracture. A fourth piece of tube steel fell into the basket of a Snorkel Aerial lift and struck Employee #3, causing a fracture, and Employee #4, causing a laceration.

Keywords: FRACTURE, BUILDING, LACERATION, STEEL ERECTION, FALL

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	3	40	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	314715285	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 30 feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Connecting Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)
2	314715285	Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Connecting Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile
3	314715285	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Connecting Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile
4	314715285	Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Connecting Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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