Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 124127.015 - Employee is crushed by falling ballast weight
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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1463950.015 | 12/28/2019 | 238990 | United Staging & Rigging, Llc |
Abstract: On December 28, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a rigging company, was directing the installation of a steel-clad concrete ballast weight as part of a multiemployer construction project. The ballast weight, which weighed more than 3,100 pounds, was being lifted on the forks of a telehandler when it came off the forks and fell onto Employee #1. Employee #1 sustained blunt force traumatic crushing injuries to his torso and was killed.
End Use | Project Type | Project Cost | Stories | Non-building Height | Fatality | ||
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Other building | New project or new addition | 1 | 3 | X |
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation | Construction |
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1 | 1463950.015 | 34 | M | Fatality | Construction trades, n.e.c. | Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fencing, installing lights, signs, etc. Fatality Cause: |