Accident Report Detail

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 116513.015 - Employee Fractures Ribs When Caught Between Boom Lift And S

**Accident: 116513.015 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 05/21/2019**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1403258.015	05/21/2019		Unlimited Steel, Inc.

At 1:00 p.m. on May 21, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a steel erection company, was working at the site of a new hospital building. He was welding structural steel from a boom lift when he became caught between the boom lift and a structu ral steel beam. The employee was transported to the hospital, where he was admi tted for treatment of five fractured ribs.

Keywords: aerial lift, boom, caught between, construction, crushing, fracture, pinned, rib, steel beam, steel erection, welding

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			4	40

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1403258.015	40	M	Hospitalized injury		Welders and cutters	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Erecting structural steel FatCause:

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