OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #607143
HEAD,STEEL BEAM,IRON WORKER,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION
Event description
CONSTRUCTION WORKER KILLED IN FALL FROM STEEL BEAM
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS HIRED AS AN IRON WORKER. HIS NINTH DAY ON THE JOB WAS HIS FIRST DAY OF ACTUALLY WORKING AS AN IRON WORKER AND ALSO HIS FIRST DAY AT THIS WORK SI TE. AT 7 AM HE BEGAN CONNECTING THE X-BRACES AT THE END OF A BAR JOIST. THE BAR JOIST WAS 40 FEET LONG AND WELDED AT ONE END. EMPLOYEE #1, WHO WEIGHED ABOUT 240 POUNDS, WAS SITTING ON THE BAR JOIST TRYING TO CONNECT THE X-BRACE. AT ABOUT 7: 50 AM THE BAR JOIST SLIPPED, CAUSING EMPLOYEE #1 AND THE BAR JOIST TO FALL APPRO XIMATELY 25 FEET. EMPLOYEE #1 DIED OF MASSIVE HEAD INJURIES.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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