Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 155928.015 - Employee is killed in fall from elevation

Accident Summary Nr: 155928.015 -- Report ID: 0418400 -- Event Date: 04/29/2023
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1666772.015	04/29/2023		238120	Eastern Constructors Incorporated

Abstract: At 11:30 a.m. on April 29, 2023, an employee was accessing the top beam of an open-web structural steel frame. The employee was walking along the beam, when he lost balance and fell. The personal fall arrest lanyard was cut by the steel I-beam, and the employee fell 60 feet to the ground. The employee was killed due to blunt force trauma.

Keywords: Beam, Blunt force trauma, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Frame, Lanyard, Lost Balance

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		New project or new addition			3		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1666772.015	34	M	Fatality		Strctural Iron /& Steel Worker	Distance of Fall: 60 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 60 feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Connecting Fatality Cause:

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