Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14331052 - Employee killed when crushed by falling steel beam

Accident Summary Nr: 14331052 -- Report ID: 0317700 -- Event Date: 11/25/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106475205	11/26/1996	1622	0	Susquehanna Supply Company

Abstract: Employee #1 had attached a chain sling to a 30 to 40 foot steel H piling in order to move it for transport. When the piling was hoisted, an adjoining piling was dislodged and slid down a creek bank, striking Employee #1 and killing him.

Keywords: PILING, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Bridge		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	106475205			Fatality	Amputation	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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