Accident Report Detail
Accident: 200070274 - Employee Injured In Fall From First Deck Of Building
Accident: 200070274 -- Report ID: 0453720 -- Event Date: 10/13/1997 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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125252262 | 10/14/1997 | 1791 | Colfax Welding, Inc. | ||||
Employee #1 was on the first deck of a building, at a height of approximately14 ft, welding angle iron supports for a brick lintel frame. At approximately 5:30 p.m., he was told to start cleaning up. Employee #1 positioned himself about 3 or 4 ft from the edge of the deck, which was protected by the brick lintel frame. He was feeding down his welding leads when he fell over the 41 in. high top-rail of the frame to the ground. Employee #1 sustained injuries that required hospitalization. | |||||||
Keywords:
decking, guardrail, welder, construction, welding, fall
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Commercial building | New project or new addition | $1,000,000 to $5,000,000 | 2 | 28 | |||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 125252262 | Hospitalized injury | Fracture | Welders and cutters | FallDist: FallHt:14 Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite FatCause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof) |