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Accident Summary Nr: 14352827 - EMPLOYEE STRUCK ON HEAD BY SWINGING PIPE

Accident Summary Nr: 14352827 -- Report ID: 0418600 -- Event Date: 05/05/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100345537	05/05/1986	2621	0	Cleveland Wrecking Co., Inc.

Abstract: DURING DEMOLITION OF A BUILDING, AN EMPLOYEE WAS USING A CUTTING TORCH TO CUT BEAMS. THE EMPLOYEE CUT A VERTICAL H-BEAM WHICH WAS A SUPPORTING MEMBER OF THE BUILDING'S STEEL SKELETON. HE WAS TRYING TO COLLAPSE THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE WITHOUT REMOVING A HORIZONAL STEEL FLOOR. WHEN HE FINISHED CUTTING THE H-BEAM A VERTICAL STEEL PIPE, 27 FEET LONG AND 8 1/2 INCHES IN DIAMETER, JUMPED OFF ITS STUMP AND SWUNG FREE. THE FREE END STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1, WHO WAS WORKING NEARBY, IN THE HEAD, KILLING HIM. THE PIPE, WHICH HAD BEEN ATTACHED TO THE H-BEAM BY AN "L", OR "KNEE" BRACE, HAD RUSTED AWAY FROM THE SUPPORT.

Keywords: HEAD, DEMOLITION, DISMANTLING, WORK RULES, PIPE, FALLING OBJECT, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100345537			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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