Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202626578 - Employee Is Killed When Struck By Falling Joists

Accident Summary Nr: 202626578 -- Report ID: 0352410 -- Event Date: 10/14/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
315061754	10/14/2010	1791	238120	Classic Ironworks Incorporated

Abstract: On October 14, 2012, Employee #1 and other workers were installing structural steel joists and decking to the top of CMU block walls. The joists were not yet welded into place due to heavy rain earlier in the day. When a bundle of decking was placed on top of the joists, they began to roll and bend. A supervisor then had a crane move the bundle to a location where another bundle of decking had already been placed on top of the unsecured joists. When the second bundle of decking was lowered to the unsecured joists, they rolled and fell onto Employee #1. He was killed.

Keywords: joist, steel, roof decking, unsecured, steel erection, struck by, crane

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	1	13	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	315061754			Fatality	Other	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Open Web Steel Joists-Landing Ma Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure

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