Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201760675 - EMPLOYEE KILLED IN FALL FROM STEEL ROOF JOIST

Accident Summary Nr: 201760675 -- Report ID: 0626600 -- Event Date: 08/06/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301313060	08/07/1998	1791	0	Big 4 Erectors, Inc.

Abstract: Employees were in the process of tack welding the bar joists on the structural roof of the building. Employee #1 was with another employee who was doing the tack welding. Employee #1 was aligning the bar joist with a cheater bar when the cheater bar slipped and Employee #1 then lost his balance, falling to his death from an elevation of 28-feet-2-inches onto a concrete floor. Employee #1 had not been wearing a safety harness all day long.

Keywords: JOIST, ROOF, WELDING, STEEL ERECTION, FALL, CONCUSSION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	1	30	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	301313060			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 28 feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Open Web Steel Joists-Welding/Bu Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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