Accident Report Detail

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 202311122 - Employee Falls 28.83 Feet To A Concrete Surface And Dies

**Accident: 202311122 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 05/20/2000**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
303493415	05/22/2000	1791	Dixie Southern Industrial, Inc.

Employee #1, an ironworker was standing on a piece of angle iron, secured only with a tack weld. He was wearing all the required fall protection gear but was not tied off. The weld broke and he fell 28.83 ft onto a concrete slab and died.

Keywords: iron worker, iron, fall, fall protection, concrete

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	5		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	303493415			Fatality	Concussion	Construction trades, n.e.c.	FallDist: FallHt:28 Cause: Erecting structural steel FatCause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

Thank You for Visiting Our Website

You are exiting the Department of Labor's Web server.

The Department of Labor does not endorse, takes no responsibility for, and exercises no control over the linked organization or its views, or contents, nor does it vouch for the accuracy or accessibility of the information contained on the destination server. The Department of Labor also cannot authorize the use of copyrighted materials contained in linked Web sites. Users must request such authorization from the sponsor of the linked Web site. Thank you for visiting our site. Please click the button below to continue.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA