Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 11035.015 - Employee drowns when a steel pile strikes an aerial lift

Accident Summary Nr: 11035.015 -- Report ID: 0524530 -- Event Date: 03/28/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
283543.015	03/28/2012		237310	Massman Traylor Alberici, A Joint Venture

Abstract: At 10:30 a.m. on March 28, 2012, during the construction of a bridge, Employee #1 was working in an S-80 Genie Lift over the Mississippi River. The crew installed chucks on the wheels of the flits after it had been moved into position. A coworker, crane operator, placed a piece of piling in the water to be driven down to secure barges used to construct the bridge. Employee #1 had just disconnected the pipe piling from the hoist when, about a minute later, the coworker noticed that the piling was moving and about to fall so he blew his horn to warn workers. Employee #1 tried to swing the lift away from the path of the falling piling but was unsuccessful. The pipe piling fell and struck the aerial lift. The aerial lift fell from the barge into the river. Employee #1 was still in the basket of the lift when it was struck and was unable to disconnect his harness from the basket. As a result of the accident, Employee # 1 drowned. Employee #1 was not only wearing a harness but also a personal floating device. At the time of the accident the speed of the current was approximately 3.8 mph. The employee drowned while in the lift.

Keywords: Aerial Lift, Boom, Pile Driver, Struck By

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over		20	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	283543.015	30	M	Fatality		Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pile driving Fatality Cause:

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