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Accident: 170359624 - Employees Fall When Elevated Walkway Collapses
Accident: 170359624 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 10/08/1993 | |||||||
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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| 119993038 | 01/06/1994 | 1771 | Sapper Construction Company | ||||
| At about 1:00 p.m. on October 8, 1993, at a downtown children's museum, Employees #1 and #2, concrete finishers, were seriously injured when the metal decking constructed to support an elevated walkway collapsed and the employees fell about 7 1/2 feet to the museum floor. Other company workers in the area came to their rescue and 911 was called. Within 3 minutes, the ambulance with paramedics arrived and Employees #1 and #2 were transported to a local hospital. The metal decking covering the 6 foot wide by 7 foot long walkway section that collapsed was not a single piece construction. The area had been overlapped with two sections of metal decking approximately 3 feet long that had been constructed by the contractor responsible for the decking. Only the last 7 feet on the east side of the elevated walkway were constructed by overlapping metal sheeting and supported with metal angle bracing. The rest of the walkway on the project was 5 feet wide and constructed of single piece metal decking. A city inspector had approved the structural floor system earlier that morning when the permit tag was signed. Employee #1's injuries were severed tendons, nerves, and veins on the left hand and a broken front tooth. Employee #2's injuries was severely avulsed tissue on both forearms. | |||||||
Keywords:
collapse, unsecured panel, work rules, walk platform, construction, metal sheet, metal decking, fall, bracing
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| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
| 1 | 119993038 | Hospitalized injury | Cut/Laceration | Concrete and terrazzo finishers | |||
| 2 | 119993038 | Hospitalized injury | Cut/Laceration | Concrete and terrazzo finishers | |||