Accident Report Detail
Accident: 201148293 - Ironworker Is Injured In Fall At Building Under Construction
Accident: 201148293 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 07/22/2006 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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125951707 | 09/29/2006 | 1541 | The Herrick Corp | ||||
On July 22, 2006, Employee #1 was working as an apprentice ironworker for a structural steel fabrication and erection contractor. He was a full-time payroll employee with no other contracts. He was assisting a welding crew in the construction of a seven-story hospital building. Employee #1 and another apprentice ironworker were assigned to remove the plywood from a 38-inch by 31-inch hole in the metal decking of the third floor and replace it with more metal decking. The hole was identified and marked. Employee #1 stated that he had a harness on but that he was not tied off to perform this task. Employee #1 fell 17 feet, 4 inches from the third to the second floor, sustaining unspecified injuries. He was hospitalized and underwent some surgeries. | |||||||
Keywords:
floor hole, construction, welding, steel erection, fall, fall protection, floor opening, tie-off
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Commercial building | New project or new addition | $250,000 to $500,000 | 7 | ||||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 125951707 | Hospitalized injury | Other | Construction laborers | FallDist: FallHt:18 Cause: Erecting structural steel FatCause: Fall through opening (other than roof) |