Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 656082 - Employee killed in fall while walking on beam

Accident Summary Nr: 656082 -- Report ID: 0111400 -- Event Date: 08/16/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302065305	08/17/1999	1622	0	Perini/Kiewit/Cashman, A Joint Venture

Abstract: Employee #1 was walking across a support beam when he fell 17 ft onto a concrete floor. He was killed. Employee #1 was wearing an unattached harness at the time of the accident.

Keywords: WORK RULES, SAFETY BELT, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, WALKING ON BEAM, TIE-OFF

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	2	25	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302065305			Fatality	Concussion	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 17 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with platform catwalk (attached to struc

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