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Accident Summary Nr: 14195028 - EMPLOYEES STRUCK BY FALLING STEEL GIRDER

Accident Summary Nr: 14195028 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 03/03/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18810648	03/04/1987	3441	0	Pitt-Des Moines, Inc

Abstract: EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 HAD JUST USED A 15 TON WHITING OVERHEAD CRANE TO MOVE A STEEL GIRDER (4 FEET HIGH AND 70 FEET LONG, WEIGHING BETWEEN 5 AND 8 TONS) FROM A PAINTING AREA TO A GIRDER STORAGE AREA. THE GIRDER WAS PLACED ON EDGE BETWEEN TWO OTHER GIRDERS ALREADY IN STORAGE. EMPLOYEE #1 THEN WALKED TO THE MIDDLE OF THE GIRDER TO DISCONNECT THE GIRDER HOOKS USED TO RIG FOR THE LIFT. EMPLOYEE #1 SPREAD THE HOOKS AND SIGNALED THE CRANE OPERATOR TO HOIST THE HOOKS CLEAR OF THE GIRDER. WHEN THE OPERATOR LIFTED THE HOOKS, THE HOOK FARTHEST FROM EMPLOYEE #1 CAUGHT THE GIRDER EDGE AND CAUSED IT TO TIP TOWARDS BOTH EMPLOYEES. THE GIRDER FELL AGAINST THE ADJACENT GIRDER AND TRAPPED EMPLOYEE #1. EMPLOYEE #1 RECEIVED BRUISES AND ABRASIONS ON HIS BODY. EMPLOYEE #2 DISLOCATED 12 BONES IN HIS FOOT. BOTH EMPLOYEES WERE WEARING HARD HATS, SAFETY GLASSES, WORK GLOVES AND STEEL-TOED SHOES.

Keywords: GIRDER, UNSECURED, ABRASION, STRUCK BY, CONTUSION, CRANE, FOOT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18810648			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Supervisors, production occupations
2	18810648			Hospitalized injury	Dislocation	Miscellaneous precision metal workers

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