Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201750353 - One employee injured in fall when roof decking fails

Accident Summary Nr: 201750353 -- Report ID: 0830600 -- Event Date: 10/30/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302306907	10/30/1998	1542	0	Swinerton & Walberg Co.

Abstract: Employee #1 was part of a ten-member crew that was pouring light concrete on the roof of a five-story building under construction. Half the crew was standing on a sheet of 3 ft by 8 ft self-locking steel decking, mucking the concrete, when they felt the deck begin to sag. They thought that the sagging was normal and continued to add more concrete until the end welds broken and the decking collapsed. Two coworkers jumped to the side, but Employee #1 and the two other coworkers fell approximately 20 ft onto a stairway landing. All three were taken to local hospitals for emergency treatment, and Employee #1 was hospitalized. None of the crew was familiar with steel decking or roofing work.

Keywords: CONCRETE FORM WORK, ROOF, WORK RULES, OVERLOADED, BROKEN WELD, CONSTRUCTION, INEXPERIENCE, METAL DECKING, FALL

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	5	24

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302306907			Hospitalized injury	Concussion	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Bituminous concrete placement Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure

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