Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202340717 - Employee Is Killed in Fall

Accident Summary Nr: 202340717 -- Report ID: 0215000 -- Event Date: 02/07/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308511310	02/07/2005	1791	238120	Imperial Iron Works, Inc.

Abstract: At 8:15 p.m. on February 7, 2005, Employee #1, an apprentice ironworker with Imperial Iron Works, was inside the anchorage house of the George Washington Bridge. He and a coworker were constructing structural steel supports for catwalks. They were both on a scaffold pick platform set up under an I-beam in the anchorage house ceiling drilling bolt holes for structural steel connections. The co worker stated that Employee #1 then left the pick platform for a break. A few minutes later, a worker discovered Employee #1 on the floor 65 ft below the pick platform. The coworker did not see or hear Employee #1 fall due to the drill noise. Fall protection equipment was not in use, and guardrails or nets were not in place.

Keywords: STEEL, IRON WORKER, CONSTRUCTION, STEEL CONNECTOR, IRON, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, STEEL CONNECTING, UNGUARDED

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Bridge		Alteration or rehabilitation		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000		60	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	308511310			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 60 feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Fall from/with platform catwalk (attached to struc

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