Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 688531 - Employees killed in unprotected fall from structural steel

Accident Summary Nr: 688531 -- Report ID: 0522300 -- Event Date: 06/11/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
121939656	06/11/1994	1791	0	Esprit Constructors Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
121939664	06/11/1994	1541	0	C T Taylor Co.

Abstract: Employee #1 and #2 were performing steel erection work at an approximate height of 39 ft without fall protection. Steel joists had been spread on main girders and bundles of steel decking weighing 5,000 lb each were landed on an unbridged, unsecured joist. When the joist and two bundles of decking fell to the ground, Employees #1 and #2 lost their balance and fell also. They were killed.

Keywords: DECKING, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, LOST BALANCE, JOIST, CONSTRUCTION, STEEL ERECTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	121939656	Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported
2	121939656	Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported
3	121939664			Occupation Not Listed

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