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Accident: 570333 - Employees Fall With Collapse Of Steel Column

**Accident: 570333 -- Report ID: 0523420 -- Event Date: 08/08/1984**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1325869	08/08/1984	1791	Forest City Steel Erectors Inc

Two employees were on top of a 42-foot-high beam, waiting for the next piece of steel to be raised for horizontal positioning. The beam fell from atop unsecured columns, and the employee rode the beam 42 feet to the ground. The employees were hospitalized with back, leg, arm, and head injuries sustained in the fall. The workers on crew did not like two-bolt column fastening system and had not considered securing vertical columns for stability.

Keywords: erection process, building, collapse, iron worker, column, construction, two bolt, steel erection, fall, steel connecting

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	1325869			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported
2	1325869			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported

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