Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 126749.015 - Employee is crushed between steel beam and boom lift

Accident Summary Nr: 126749.015 -- Report ID: 0627100 -- Event Date: 05/08/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1476796.015	06/04/2020		236220	Odom Construction Services, Llc.

Abstract: At 4:15 p.m. on May 8, 2020, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was engaged in steel erection at a multiemployer construction project, a three-story commercial building. He was working from an articulated boom lift and welding a connection between a plate and an overhead steel beam. Employee #1 became caught between the boom lift and the beam. He sustained crushing injuries to his head and was killed.

Keywords: Aerial Lift, Boom, Caught Between, Construction, Crushed, Head, Jaw, Pinned, Steel Beam, Welding

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			3		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1476796.015	22	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Connecting Fatality Cause:

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