Accident Report Detail
Accident: 200012524 - Employee Is Killed When Decking Collapses
Accident: 200012524 -- Report ID: 0729300 -- Event Date: 12/18/2006 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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310652409 | 12/18/2006 | 1795 | Environmental Operations, Inc. | ||||
At approximately 6:40 p.m. on December 18th, 2006, a worker was cutting through a steel beam with a cutting torch. The beam was supporting a corrugated metal decking over a floor hole approximately 5 ft wide by 11 ft long. The coworker completed the cut and remained on the floor hole decking when Employee #1 stepped onto this flooring to verify that the cut had been made. The floor hole decking gave way and caused Employee #1 to fall approximately 47 ft to his death. The coworker was able to jump back onto solid flooring and did not sustain any injuries. | |||||||
Keywords:
decking, steel beam, collapse, struck against, construction, torch, fall, fall protection, cutting and burning
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Multi-family dwelling | Alteration or rehabilitation | $20,000,000 and over | 16 | 250 | X | ||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 310652409 | Fatality | Other | Construction laborers | FallDist: FallHt:47 Cause: Demolition FatCause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof) |