Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14257448 - CRUSHED BY BRIDGE GIRDER

Accident Summary Nr: 14257448 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 08/31/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
15004633	09/04/1984	3441	0	Carolina Steel Corporation Nash County Plant

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING AS A WELDER HELPER, ASSISTING IN LOADING A COIL OF WELDING WIRE ON AN AUTOMATIC WELDING MACHINE. HE WAS POSITIONED ADJACENT TO A STACKED GIRDER, WHICH WAS AWAITING FITTING. AN ELECTRICAL SHORT-CIRCUIT ON A CRANE IN AN ADJACENT AREA RESULTED IN AN UNCONTROLLED DESCENT OF A STEEL GIRDER. THIS GIRDER CONTACTED ADJACENT GIRDERS, WHICH COLLAPSED. THE LAST COLLAPSING GIRDER STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS HEAD, DECAPITATING HIM AND CRUSHING HIS BODY BENEATH THE FALLEN GIRDER.

Keywords: GIRDER, WELDER, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, BRIDGE, DECAPITATED, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	15004633			Fatality	Other	Welders and cutters

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