Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201772449 - Employee Falls Through Deck Opening and is Killed

Accident Summary Nr: 201772449 -- Report ID: 0213900 -- Event Date: 04/07/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307320655	04/07/2004	1791	238120	Atlantic Steel Construction Co., Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was transitioning from a beam to a column in order to slide down (shagging) to get to the lower deck. He slipped or lost his grip and fell approximately 17 feet through a deck opening to the concrete floor. Employee #1 sustained head fractures and was killed.

Keywords: BEAM, FRACTURE, HEAD, SLIP, COLUMN, FALL

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	2	30	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307320655			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 18 feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Moving Point To Point Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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