Accident: 958439 - Leg Fractured In Fall From Structural Steel
At 11:00 a.m. on January 8, 1997, Employee #1, an iron worker, was bolting up a connection with a wrench while sitting on a 6 in. wide by 14 in. deep I-beam. The wrench slipped and he lost his balance, falling approximately 14 ft onto his dislodged hard hat. He was transported to the hospital and treated for a fractured left femur. The beam that he had been sitting on was part of a canopy structure over a gas pump island at a service station construction site.
construction, iron worker, lost balance, beam, fall, fracture, leg, fall protection, work rules, bolting
Accident: 170738140 - Suffers Multiple Injuries In Fall From Roof Beam
At 11:56 a.m. on October 15, 1993, Employee #1 of Anderson Charnesby Structural Steel suffered multiple injuries to his head, legs, arms, shoulder, as well as several broken ribs, when he fell off a roof beam made of skeleton steel that slipped during a welding and bolting job. Employee #1 stated that the beam was resting on steel columns on the roof of a building's penthouse structure and was hooked to a crane stationed on the ground. Employee #1 was sitting on the beam bolting the ends to the columns when one of the welds broke at one end, causing the beam to slip and Employee #1 to fall to the roof. He was thrown about 9 to 8 feet. Employee #1 stated that the beam was about 8 feet in the air.
construction, beam, roof, work rules, fall, head, bolting, broken weld, fracture, slip
Accident: 644179 - Dies After Fall From Steel Girder
At approximately 7:30 a.m. on September 9, 1991, Employee #1 was on an elevated highway comprising approximately 4,000 feet of structural steel, preparing to bolt up a beam. While traversing the beam to get to her work station, Employee #1 fell approximately 22 feet to the pavement. She died on September 11, 1991, of the injuries sustained in the fall.
construction, fall, highway, bolting, steel beam, girder, fall protection, work rules
Accident: 894147 - One Killed, Others Injured In Fall From Roof
Employees #1 through #4 were sitting on steel roof beams while bolting beams to columns and connecting roof purlins to beams. Employees #1 and #2 were bolting beams to columns and Employees #3 and #4 were sitting on the beams to connect roof purlins when a gust of wind came up and the columns fell in domino fashion. Employee #3 fell approximately 25 feet to his death. Employees #1, #2 and #4 fell and were hospitalized. Temporary and permanent bracing were not used extensively.
construction, fall, bracing, beam, column, high wind, steel beam, bolting, work rules, fall protection
Accident: 14494074 - Ladder Fell Over With Employee On It; Employee Later Died
AT APPROXIMATELY 6:40 PM ON AUGUST 5, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS INSTALLING AN ANGLE IRON BRACE WHICH WAS TO HOLD A HEATING UNIT IN PLACE, THE LADDER HE WAS USING WAS SUPPORTED AT THE TOP BY A BRACE. THE BRACE WAS BEING TEMPORARILY BEING HELD BY CLAMPS. HE SECURED ONE SIDE, REMOVED ONE CLAMP, THEN REMOVED THE OTHER SIDE'S CLAMP WITHOUT FIRST BOLTING THE FIRST SIDE IN PLACE. THIS CAUSED THE BRACE TO DISPLACE AND THE LADDER TO FALL. THE EMPLOYEE FELL 22 FEET, HEAD FIRST, TO THE CONCRETE FLOOR. HE DIED ON AUGUST 14 FROM INJURIES SUFFERED IN THE FALL.
construction, ladder, fall, head, unsecured, brace, bolting
Accident: 14570493 - Fall From Catwalk While Bolting Steel
AN EMPLOYEE FELL (UNKN. HT.) FROM AN OVERHEAD CATWALK. HE WAS WORKING FROM THE CATWALK, BOLTING STEEL BEAMS. A SET OF 2 RISER METAL STAIRS & PLATFORM WAS SETTING ON THE CATWALK. THE STAIRS WERE NOT SECURED AND AS THE EMPLOYEE TRIED TO PASS THE METAL STAIRS HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL, ALONG WITH THE METAL STAIRS. THE STAIRS STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD AS HE LAY ON THE GROUND. HE WAS KILLED.
steel erection, erection process, fall, building, bolting, construction, lost balance
