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Accident: 201760618 - Employee Killed In Fall To Next Level
Accident: 201760618 -- Report ID: 0626600 -- Event Date: 05/20/1998 | |||||||
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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| 301312302 | 05/21/1998 | 1629 | Kvaerner John Brown | ||||
| Employee #1 was going through the building under construction collecting all come-along and chain falls. Employee #1 got to the 66-ft level of the building and was met by another employee who was going to help him retrieve a come-along from the 75-ft level of the building. Employee #1 squatted down to secure his lanyard hook to the wire rope/cable at the floor level and behind a 21-in. wide by 9-ft-3-in. long pipe chase opening (floor hole). Employee #1 fell through the pipe chases opening to the concrete floor of the next level. Employee #1 was killed. | |||||||
Keywords:
chain, hand winch, floor hole, construction, lanyard, fall, fall protection, floor opening, concussion
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| End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
| Manufacturing plant | New project or new addition | $1,000,000 to $5,000,000 | 4 | 85 | X | ||
| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
| 1 | 301312302 | Fatality | Concussion | Occupation not reported | FallDist: FallHt:15 Cause: Erecting structural steel FatCause: Fall through opening (other than roof) |
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