Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200000347 - Employee killed when struck by steel column

Accident Summary Nr: 200000347 -- Report ID: 0728500 -- Event Date: 09/26/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300005725	10/01/1997	1542	0	Kc Steel Erection

Abstract: Employee #1, one of five structural steel workers at a construction site, was at the east end of a 24 ft steel I-beam, attempting to connect it to a 21 ft high steel column. He was on a ladder, and his head was approximately 10 ft above the cement slab on which the ladder was placed. The column became displaced from the foundation bolts during the connecting process and struck Employee #1 on the upper right rear side of the head. He was knocked from the ladder and landed, face-first, on the cement slab. The medical examiner determined that Employee #1 died from being struck by the column, bit by the subsequent fall.

Keywords: HEAD, UNSECURED, LADDER, CONSTRUCTION, STEEL COLUMN, STEEL ERECTION, FALL, STRUCK BY, STEEL CONNECTING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	1	30	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300005725			Fatality	Other	Structural metal workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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