Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202288304 - EMPLOYEE KILLED IN FALL FROM STEEL BEAM

Accident Summary Nr: 202288304 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 05/15/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301970224	05/15/1998	1791	0	Sunrise Steel Erectors

Abstract: A warehouse type building was being built with tilt-wall concrete walls and a roof supported by a steel structure. While vertical columns were being plumbed, a section of joists fell, shaking the beam that Employee #1 was sitting on, causing him to fall. Employee #1 fell a distance of 33-feet-6-inches from the steel roof structure to the concrete floor, receiving a fatal injury. Employee #1 was not tied off for fall protection, and he could have been.

Keywords: FRACTURE, STEEL BEAM, JOIST, WAREHOUSE, CONSTRUCTION, FALL

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	301970224			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 33 feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Open Web Steel Joists-Plumbing-U Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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