ALTON, ILLINOIS—2015-09-19

Federal Steel and Erection Company

Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet · Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.

Final narrative

On Saturday, 9/19/15, at approximately 1:00 PM, a journeyman ironworker fell from the second deck of a structure to the first floor deck sustaining a broken wrist, several cracked ribs, and a head laceration. At the location where the incident occurred, two vertical stud members set on 16" centers had been removed to allow room for an access ladder. As the ironworker placed his weight upon the top plate (in the area where the studs had been removed) to secure the decking, the top plate bent causing the ironworker to fall onto the first floor deck.

Hospitalized Multiple body parts, n.e.c. Structural elements, n.e.c.

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