Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201763414 - Worker Is Killed in Fall from Steel Beam

Accident Summary Nr: 201763414 -- Report ID: 0626600 -- Event Date: 04/15/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313359804	05/14/2009	1791	238120	Ricardo Jimenez Dba High Structures

Abstract: At approximately 5:30 p.m. on April 15, 2009, Employee #1, of Ricardo Jimenez dba High Structures, was installing sheet metal siding to the exterior of a steel structure. While install the top of the sheet metal to the steel structure, he fell 17 feet from the beam to the cement. Employee #1 died at the hospital.

Keywords: CONSTRUCTION, FALL, METAL SIDING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		Under $50,000	1	20	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	313359804			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 17 feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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