OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221559289

EASTERN CONSTRUCTORS INCORPORATED

ELLABELL, GA— 2023-04-29T00:00:00

Event: Beam, Blunt force trauma, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Frame, Lanyard, Lost Balance
NAICS: 238120
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346667728
Employer profile: EASTERN CONSTRUCTORS INCORPORATED
Summary number: 221559289
Report ID: 0418400
Project type: A
Construction end-use: D

Event description

Employee is killed in fall from elevation

Investigation abstract

At 11:30 a.m. on April 29, 2023, an employee was accessing the top beam of an open-web structural steel frame. The employee was walking along the beam, when he lost balance and fell. The personal fall arrest lanyard was cut by the steel I-beam, and the employee fell 60 feet to the ground. The employee was killed due to blunt force trauma.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 34 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
7051

Fall distance
60

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