Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 171055528 - Employee injured in fall from structural steel

Accident Summary Nr: 171055528 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 09/12/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126777069	09/12/1997	1791	0	Truco Steel Erectors Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 5:00 p.m. on September 11, 1997, Employee #1, an iron worker connector, lost his footing while stepping from a girder onto floor decking. He had unhooked his lanyard from the safety line and was stepping from the girder to the deck when his lanyard caught on something and pulled him backward. Employee #1 lost his balance and fell 30 ft, suffering a fractured pelvis and arm, and a shattered foot. The girder he was walking on had a safety line attached and his lanyard had been hooked to it, but he had come to the end of the girder and was about to come down when he fell.

Keywords: FRACTURE, IRON WORKER, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BY, CONSTRUCTION, LANYARD, PELVIS, FALL, LOST BALANCE, FOOT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	2	30

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126777069			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Supervisors; brickmasons, stonemasons, tilesetters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 30 feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Open Web Steel Joists-Connecting Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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