Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 87549.015 - Employee falls from roof and is killed

Accident Summary Nr: 87549.015 -- Report ID: 0521700 -- Event Date: 08/07/2016
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1168007.015	08/08/2016		238120	Ortner Construction, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 9:50 a.m. on August 7, 2016, Employee #1, an iron worker, was part of a crew installing metal decking on a new warehouse. A coworker, owner, was operating a crane lifting metal decking to the roof. Employee #1 moved out onto an outlying beam while he waited for the metal decking being lifted. The coworker saw Employee #1 and instructed him to return to the roof. Employee #1 was wearing a personal fall arrest harness secured to a retractable lanyard and was required to utilize the Raptor TriRex, a mobile anchorage point. His harness had not been secured to the Raptor TriRex anchorage point. Employee #1 fell 48 feet and was killed.

Keywords: Crane, Fall, Fall Protection, Lanyard, Roof, Steel Erection

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	2	47	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1168007.015	42	M	Fatality		Structural metal workers	Distance of Fall: 47 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 47 feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Open Web Steel Joists-Bolting-Up Fatality Cause:

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