Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202349742 - Employee Killed When Struck By Steel Beam

Accident Summary Nr: 202349742 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 08/23/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303894422	08/23/2000	1791	0	Sharp Steel Erectors, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303894430	08/23/2000	1791	0	Eastern Crane Service
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303894414	08/23/2000	1542	0	Heffner & Weber Llc

Abstract: A group of employees were erecting the framework at the third floor level of a building under construction at a height of approximately 27 ft from ground level. The employees were wearing combination tool and body belt as fall protection. The foreman had provided on-the-job-training relating to rigging but the employees were given no training pertaining to fall protection. Employee #1 and a coworker were connecting steel I-beams from a multiple lift (Christmas Treeing) between two columns when an overhead 30-ft-long I-beam fell from a wire rope sling-leg connection and struck Employee #1. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: STEEL BEAM, STEEL ERECTION, FALL, STRUCK BY, STEEL CONNECTING

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	2	30	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303894422	Fatality	Other	Laborers, except construction	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 27 feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)
2	303894430			Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:
3	303894414			Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:

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