Accident Report Detail
Accident: 170401277 - Employee Killed When Roof Collapsed Under His Weight
Accident: 170401277 -- Report ID: 0213400 -- Event Date: 11/09/1995 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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113764476 | 11/09/1995 | 3312 | New Jersey Steel Corp. | ||||
At approximately 10:40 a.m. on November 9, 1995, Employee #1 walked on a catwalk from the lime silos to the furnace bay roof, where he climbed over a 42 inch guardrail onto a support truss. He lowered himself 8 feet, and then walked 8 feet to the roof's edge. Employee #1 jumped 10 feet to the roof of the scrap bay building. The roof could not support his weight and he fell through it 27 feet, landing atop a 28 feet high building that was inside the scrap bay building. Employee #1 was killed. | |||||||
Keywords:
roof collapse, roof, work rules, fall, fall protection
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 113764476 | Fatality | Fracture | Occupation not reported |