Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 103546.015 - Employee off-loading concrete has leg broken

Accident Summary Nr: 103546.015 -- Report ID: 0213100 -- Event Date: 02/27/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1298982.015	03/01/2018		238190	Kiewit Constructors, Inc

Abstract: At 6:30 p.m. on February 27, 2018, Employee #1 and Coworker #1, employed by a construction company, were working at a multiemployer project, the construction of an underground pipeline. They were working on a tunnel boring machine and using an overhead gantry crane to off-load three curved precast concrete segments. The segments were stacked 6 feet high, and each measured approximately 5 feet by 9 feet by 10 inches thick and weighed 11,000 pounds. Employee #1 climbed to the top of the stack in an attempt to connect the crane to the top concrete segment and begin the off-loading process. The stack of concrete segments began to tilt, and Employee #1's left leg was caught and pinned between the tipped segments and an adjacent steel wall. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for compound fractures of both the tibia and fibula bones in his left leg. Employee #1 remained hospitalized for 24 days.

Keywords: Boring Machine, Caught Between, Concrete, Construction, Fracture, Gantry Crane, Leg, Off Loading, Pipeline, Undrgrd Installation

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		Other				50

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1298982.015	43	M	Hospitalized injury		Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Forming Fatality Cause:

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