Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 644674 - Employee killed in fall from the 11th level of building

Accident Summary Nr: 644674 -- Report ID: 0215000 -- Event Date: 01/30/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
17775248	01/30/1991	1791	0	Ment Brothers Iron Work Co. Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1, an iron worker, was installing overhead protection in an elevator shaft at the eleventh floor of a building under construction in New York City. He was walking on a 9 in. by 2 in. by 13 ft plank in the center of the open span when the plank broke completely. He fell to the third floor of the building where he bounced from an installed protection platform into an adjacent mechanical shaft that was open to the ground floor, where he came to rest. Employee #1 died.

Keywords: INSTALLING, WALKING ON PLANK, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, UNGUARDED, ELEVATOR SHAFT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	17775248			Fatality	Concussion	Structural metal workers

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