Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14387617 - CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE STRUCK BY SLING-LOADED I-BEAM

Accident Summary Nr: 14387617 -- Report ID: 0524200 -- Event Date: 11/16/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101063907	11/19/1986	1795	0	Milisav Velisauljevic

Abstract: A FRONT END LOADER WAS BEING USED TO MOVE A 15 FOOT LONG I-BEAM ACROSS THE GROUNDS OF A CONSTRUCTION SITE. THE BEAM WAS CONNECTED TO THE LOADER BY A SINGLE-LEGGED WIRE ROPE SLING, USING A CHOKER HITCH. AS THE BEAM WAS BEING DRAGGED IT WAS DIGGING A FURROW IN THE GROUND. IT SUDDENLY STRUCK A BELOW-GROUND OBSTRUCTION AND PIVOTED INTO THE AIR AT THE END TO WHICH THE SLING WAS CONNECTED. EMPLOYEE #1, WHO WAS WALKING NEARBY, WAS STRUCK AND KILLED BY THE PIVOTING I-BEAM.

Keywords: FRONT END LOADER, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, SLING, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101063907			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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