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Accident: 648543 - Employee Killed In Fall From Viaduct

**Accident: 648543 -- Report ID: 0215000 -- Event Date: 06/18/1993**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
106933633	06/21/1993	1791	Gem Erectors Co., Inc.

Employee #1, an iron worker on a highway viaduct rehabilitation project, was replacing rivets in a roadway support beam when the beam broke loose from its connection. Employee #1 and the work platform planks fell 55 feet to the ground. He was killed. Employee #1 had failed to replace the rivets he had removed and to connect the safety belt he was wearing to a safety lifeline cable.

Keywords: beam, unsecured, iron worker, work rules, construction, fall, fall protection, tie-off

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Alteration or rehabilitation		$20,000,000 and over		55	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	106933633			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	FallDist: FallHt:55 Cause: Erecting structural steel FatCause: Fall from/with platform catwalk (attached to struc

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