Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202342309 - Employee Is Killed I Fall from Building, Strikes Head

Accident Summary Nr: 202342309 -- Report ID: 0215000 -- Event Date: 03/18/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313041170	03/18/2009	1799	238190	Lmc Specialities Inc.

Abstract: On March 18, 2009, Employee #1 was tying rebar in a column at the edge of the tenth floor. He was in a small, approximately 16-in. area, at the edge that was not protected by a guardrail. There were many tie in points available but he did not wear a harness. He fell to the sidewalk shed, striking his head and died.

Keywords: HEAD, STRUCK AGAINST, LANYARD, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, CONCUSSION, UNGUARDED

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	19	190	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	313041170			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 100 feet Cause: Emplacing reinforcing steel Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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