Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170738140 - Employee suffers multiple injuries in fall from roof beam

Accident Summary Nr: 170738140 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 10/15/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119860567	01/05/1994	1791	0	Anderson Charnesky Structural Steel

Abstract: At 11:56 a.m. on October 15, 1993, Employee #1 of Anderson Charnesby Structural Steel suffered multiple injuries to his head, legs, arms, shoulder, as well as several broken ribs, when he fell off a roof beam made of skeleton steel that slipped during a welding and bolting job. Employee #1 stated that the beam was resting on steel columns on the roof of a building's penthouse structure and was hooked to a crane stationed on the ground. Employee #1 was sitting on the beam bolting the ends to the columns when one of the welds broke at one end, causing the beam to slip and Employee #1 to fall to the roof. He was thrown about 9 to 8 feet. Employee #1 stated that the beam was about 8 feet in the air.

Keywords: BEAM, FRACTURE, HEAD, ROOF, WORK RULES, SLIP, BROKEN WELD, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, BOLTING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119860567			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Structural metal workers

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