Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 137355.015 - Apprentice is killed when crushed during steel erection

Accident Summary Nr: 137355.015 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 12/16/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1506805.015	12/16/2020		238120	Southwest Steel Of California, Inc.

Abstract: At 6:33 a.m. on December 16, 2020, Employee #1, an iron worker apprentice employed by a steel erection company, and a jobsite coworker who was operating a crane, were engaged in steel erection during construction of a new two-story commercial building. Employee #1 was preparing to connect one end of a rod - which would act as a diagonal brace - to the bottom corner of the two-story metal frame. The rod was suspended from the crane's cable. The crane operator inadvertently came into contact with the crane controls, and the cable and attached rod were jerked upward. Employee #1 was pinned between the rod and the metal frame/column he was leaning against. Employee #1 sustained blunt force traumatic crushing injuries and was killed.

Keywords: Blunt force trauma, Boom Support Cable, Brace, Caught Between, Construction, Crane, Crushed, Equipment Operator, Installing, Iron Worker, Metal Pole, Pinned, Steel Column, Steel Connecting, Steel Erection

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			2		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1506805.015	32	M	Fatality		Strctural Iron /& Steel Worker	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause:

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