Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202004693 - Ironworker Is Killed in Fall

Accident Summary Nr: 202004693 -- Report ID: 0317000 -- Event Date: 03/27/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308993039	03/28/2006	1791	238120	Interstate Steel Co. Inc.

Abstract: On March 27, 2006, Employee #1, an ironworker, was part of a five-man crew installing batt-type insulation and standing seam metal roofing on a preengineered metal building. He apparently stepped onto insulation batting, believing that there was steel decking below it. He fell 26 ft to the ground and was killed. Employee #1 was not utilizing any means of fall protection.

Keywords: INSTALLING, ROOF, ROOF DECKING, IRON WORKER, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, THERMAL INSULATION

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	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	308993039			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 27 feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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