Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 606319 - 3 STORY BUILDING BEING BUILT COLLAPSED; NO INJURIES

Accident Summary Nr: 606319 -- Report ID: 0418100 -- Event Date: 05/12/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101214351	05/13/1987	1542	0	J.M. Beeson Company
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101214336	05/13/1987	1791	0	Draw Erectors, Inc.

Abstract: A THREE-STORY STEEL BUILDING WAS BEING CONSTRUCTED USING SOLID WEB STEEL COLUMNS, JOIST GIRDERS, AND OPEN-WEB STEEL JOISTS. THE COLUMNS WERE ERECTED AND TIED TOGETHER WITH JOIST GIRDERS AND TIE JOISTS. ONE BOLT WAS INSTALLED AT EACH CONNECTION. THE OPEN-WEB STEEL JOISTS WERE LAID ON THE STRUCTURE. MOST WERE SHAKEN OUT, BUT SOME WERE IN BUNDLES. BUNDLES OF ROOF DECKING AND FLOOR DECKING WERE PLACED ON TOP OF THE JOISTS AND JOIST GIRDERS. THE BUILDING WAS BEING PLUMBED. NONE OF THE JOISTS WERE PERMANENTLY INSTALLED. AT ABOUT 5:15 PM ON MAY 12, 1987, THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE COLLAPSED. ALTHOUGH SEVERAL EMPLOYEES WERE UNDER THE STRUCTURE WHEN IT COLLAPSED, THEY WERE ABLE TO GET OUT IN TIME TO AVOID INJURY.

Keywords: JOIST, COLLAPSE, UNSECURED, CONSTRUCTION, STEEL ERECTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	101214351
2	101214336

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