Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202352027 - Employee killed in fall from steel beam

Accident Summary Nr: 202352027 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 09/29/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307051037	09/29/2003	1791	238120	Talon Erectors, Inc.

Abstract: On September 29, 2003, Employee was connecting steel on the fifth floor of a building. He moved the steel away from his connection point so he could reposition a beam that was being set. Employee #1 was walking back to his connection point when he fell 42 ft to the second floor deck, and was killed. He was wearing a safety harness, but it was not connected.

Keywords: ERECTION PROCESS, CONSTRUCTION, STEEL ERECTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, WALKING ON BEAM, TIE-OFF, STEEL CONNECTING, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	5	70	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307051037			Fatality	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 56 feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Moving Point To Point Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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