Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 648543 - Employee killed in fall from viaduct

Accident Summary Nr: 648543 -- Report ID: 0215000 -- Event Date: 06/18/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106933633	06/21/1993	1791	0	Gem Erectors Co., Inc.

Abstract: 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		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Alteration or rehabilitation		$20,000,000 and over		55	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	106933633			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 55 feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Fall from/with platform catwalk (attached to struc

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