Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 123885.015 - Employee fractures legs when crushed by rolling steel rafter

Accident Summary Nr: 123885.015 -- Report ID: 0352430 -- Event Date: 12/11/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1450925.015	12/13/2019		238120	S And S Structures, Inc.

Abstract: At 3:30 p.m. on December 11, 2019, an employee was working as an iron worker for a structural steel and concrete contractor at a commercial building work site. The facility consisted of a concrete pad with a steel structure that the crew was erecting. The employee was part of the crew that was using a Grove RT 770E hydraulic mobile crane to set rafters. The crew was lifting a rafter weighing approximately 3500 pounds into place. The rafter didn't quite match up to the holes so a coworker (crane operator) lowered the rafter down to the competed soil. The employee was working with coworkers adjusting and moving the clamps on the rafter when the rafter rolled over on to its side, crushing the employee's legs. The employee fractured both legs and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Construction, Construction vehicle, Crane Load, Crane Operator, Crushed, Erection Process, Falling Object, Fracture, Iron Worker, Leg, Metal, Rafter, Rolled, Steel, Steel Erection, Struck By, Unstable Load

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			1	17

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1450925.015	38	M	Hospitalized injury		Strctural Iron /& Steel Worker	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause:

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