Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202561296 - Employee Is Injured in Fall from Steel Joist

Accident Summary Nr: 202561296 -- Report ID: 0950411 -- Event Date: 09/13/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
315978270	09/15/2011	1791	238120	Nexus Steel, Llc

Abstract: On September 13, 2011, Employee #1 and Coworker #1 were working as steelworkers. Employee #1 and Coworker #1 were setting a rack of steel joists (three joists welded together with bridging) on to two steel girders and two joists, located approximately 34 feet above the ground. Employee #1 was walking from the west girder to the south joist, and was tied off to the joist using a beamer and a six foot lanyard. Coworker #1 was operating a JLG boom lift and was raising the work platform to Employee #1, who was located in the middle of the joist. Coworker #1 contacted the joist with the boom lift, and displaced the joist rack. The joist rack tipped and flipped over and struck the concrete flooring below. Employee #1 fell with the joist, and hit the concrete flooring. Employee #1 suffered multiple unspecified serious injuries.

Keywords: STEEL BEAM, STEEL, BOOM, STEEL ERECTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, WORK PLATFORM

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	2	38

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	315978270			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Structural metal workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 34 feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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