Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 930727 - Two iron workers killed in fall from structural steel

Accident Summary Nr: 930727 -- Report ID: 0830500 -- Event Date: 02/25/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101107530	02/25/1992	1791	0	Anderson Steel Erectors, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1871011	02/25/1992	1542	0	Alvarado Construction, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100578558	02/28/1992	7353	0	Winslow Crane Service, Co.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100849181	02/28/1992	3441	0	Platte River Steel Company, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 2:40 p.m. on February 25, 1992, Employees #1 and #2, iron workers, were working on the steel erection of section 2a of the airport office building at the Denver International Airport construction site in Denver, CO. The two workers were connecting a steel beam to a steel column on the seventh level of the building. One worker was seated on the beam that was being connected to the column, while the other worker was standing at the base of the column, at the top of a sheer concrete wall. The base of the column was secured to the concrete wall by temporary welds to an embedded steel plate. When the crew had a problem connecting the beam to the structural steel column, a determination was made by the steel erecting crew to pull the top of the column 1 in. to the north to facilitate the connection. The pull was performed by tensioning a cable guy, using a come-along, by applying a fork at the column being connected, and by using a sleeper. While one employee was seated on the beam, the temporary welds at the column base fractured. The column collapsed, and Employees #1 and #2 fell to their death.

Keywords: COLUMN, CONCUSSION, BROKEN WELD, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, IRON WORKER, WORK RULES, STEEL CONNECTING, CONSTRUCTION, STEEL ERECTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101107530	Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported
2	101107530	Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported
3	1871011			Occupation Not Listed
4	100578558			Occupation Not Listed
5	100849181			Occupation Not Listed

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