OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14489322
STANDARD ERECTORS CO., INC.
NEW YORK, NY·
Event description
Employee killed in fall from I-beam
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, an iron worker, was assisting in the construction of a lintel beam, which was attached beneath the I-beam of a floor that had not yet been installe d. He was holding onto the vertical I-beam halfway between the ninth and tenth f loors with one hand while holding a wrench attached to a nut with the other hand . He lost his grip and fell nine stories along the exterior of the building. Emp loyee #1 was killed. There were no nets erected around the perimeter of the buil ding.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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