Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 742676 - Employee killed in fall

Accident Summary Nr: 742676 -- Report ID: 0352430 -- Event Date: 10/26/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104399829	10/26/1988	1542	0	Elion Concrete, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was working on the construction of a 10-story concrete and steel parking garage that was 95 percent complete. He was 90 ft above the ground installing metal weld plates in column #11 on the outside edge of the 10th floor level deck. He was wearing a safety belt, a 6 ft long rope lanyard, and an additional 8 ft long rope lanyard that was improperly secured onto two 1 1/2 in. diameter #11 rebars that were standing in a column. The 8 ft long rope lanyard came loose and Employee #1 fell to the ground and was killed.

Keywords: INSTALLING, ROPE, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, LANYARD, FALL, FALL PROTECTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104399829			Fatality	Other	Carpenters

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