Accident: 119947307 - Iron Worker Injured In Fall While Installing Decking

At approximately 8:30 a.m. on January 4, 2000, Employee #1, a iron worker for the McIntyre Company, Pomona, CA, was installing metal decking for the fine arts building at the University of California, Riverside. He fell 14 ft 7 in. and sustained multiple facial injuries and a fractured right wrist. Employee #1 was transported by paramedics to the Riverside Community Hospital in Riverside, where he was hospitalized for 26 hours.

construction, iron worker, fall, fracture, wrist, decking, installing, face, fall protection, work rules

Accident: 656108 - Injured In Fall From Structural Steel

Employee #1 was welding some decking onto structural steel when the welding cables fell between the supports. This caused Employee #1 to lose his balance, and he fell 15 ft to the ground.

fall, lost balance, construction, welding, decking, steel erection, fall protection, work rules

Accident: 100351808 - Killed In Fall From Floor Decking

Employee #1, who was engaged in steel erection, fell 25 ft 9 in. from floor decking. He was killed.

construction, steel erection, decking, fall, erection process

Accident: 170388896 - Killed In Fall Between Roof Insulation And Decking

Employee #1, part of a six-person work crew, was installing a 6 ft long by 25 ft wide section of insulation that had been unrolled across the width of the building, parallel to the leading edge of the finished roof. Employee #1 and three coworkers were sliding the insulation out 6 ft across the purlins to the other crew members, who were working from a 2 ft wide by 3 sheets thick piece of roof decking that was 6 ft from the leading edge. During this process, Employee #1 fell approximately 47 ft between the insulation and the roof deck onto clay. He was killed. Employee #1 was not wearing any fall protection at the time of the accident.

fall, roof, roof decking, installing, roof opening, fall protection, work rules, leading edge

Accident: 170363071 - Injured In Fall From Bridge

Employee #1 was working on a bridge under construction when he stepped onto a 5 1/2 in. by 30 in. unsecured piece of metal decking and fell from the bridge. He sustained injuries, but was not hospitalized.

construction, bridge, fall, unsecured, decking, unsecured panel, fall protection, work rules