Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 68956.015 - Employee Falls From Ceiling Joists And Later Dies

Accident Summary Nr: 68956.015 -- Report ID: 0418400 -- Event Date: 11/06/2014
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1007156.015	11/07/2014		333111	Industrial Iron Works, Inc.

Abstract: At 1:00 p.m. on November 6, 2014, an employee was working with a coworker and they were tightening bolts on the head of a screw auger. Both employees were standing on the ceiling joists in the rafters of a fertilizer storage building that was being renovated. The employee was tightening a bolt, lost their balance, dropped the wrench and hit themselves in the head with it. The employee then fell from the joist and dropped approximately 14 feet to the ground. The employee was transported to the local hospital and died shortly thereafter from multiple internal injuries.

Keywords: Ceiling, Fall, Head, Rafter, Wrench

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
		New project or new addition			1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1007156.015	49	M	Fatality		Farm equipment mechanics	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause:

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