Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170165351 - Employee Fractures Pelvis When Struck By Falling Beam

Accident Summary Nr: 170165351 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 08/12/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120165485	08/15/2002	1795	0	G D Heil Inc

Abstract: At approximately 7:18 a.m. on August 12, 2002, Employee #1 was told by his supervisor to hand-guide a vertical column as he used a Bobcat tractor to knock it over. After the tractor hit the column, an overhead steel beam supported by the column fell and struck Employee #1. The steel beam was not attached to any other beam. He sustained a fractured pelvis and was hospitalized.

Keywords: clearance, fracture, dismantling, unsecured, construction, pelvis, struck by, falling object

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Demolition		Under $50,000	1	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	120165485			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over of non-operator by operating cons

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