Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 114850.015 - Employee is injured when rigging fails and structure falls

Accident Summary Nr: 114850.015 -- Report ID: 0418300 -- Event Date: 03/05/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1388682.015	03/27/2019		238290	Sgs Industrial Services Inc.

Abstract: At 4:00 p.m. on March 5, 2019, Employee #1 and a coworker were using a sling rigging to hoist a 1,500 kilogram pre-assembled steel beam support structure. The sling had not been examined by a competent person prior to use. The sling snapped, and one side of the structure fell to the ground, striking the employees. Emergency services transported Employee #1 to the hospital, where he was admitted for treatment of a concussion, three fractured ribs, a bruised right lung, and a fractured right foot.

Keywords: Blunt force trauma, Concussion, Construction, Contusion, Equipment Failure, Falling Object, Foot, Fracture, Hoist, Installing, Lung, Rib, Rigging, Sling, Steel Beam, Struck By

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1388682.015	32	M	Hospitalized injury

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