Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170390934 - Employee Dies after Being Struck When Pipe Falls from Hitch

Accident Summary Nr: 170390934 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 09/12/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309723633	09/13/2006	1611	237310	T.Y. Lin International

Abstract: At approximately 3:45 p.m. on September 12, 2006, Employee #1 was working for a highway construction firm. He was standing next to a Manitowoc lattice boom crane that was hoisting a 65-foot long, 15-inch diameter pipe piling to a 120-foot high lead. The pipe piling was being hoisted by means of a single 12-foot long by 2-inch wide synthetic web sling, which was arranged in a choker-type hitch. The pipe piling struck the lead, and the pipe was jarred loose. It fell, striking Employee #1, who was standing 36 feet, 8 inches away from the lead, in the chest. He was taken to a hospital, where he later died from the bruises, contusions, and abrasions he sustained when he was struck.

Keywords: CHEST, HIGHWAY, PILING, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, SLING, FALLING OBJECT, CONTUSION, CRANE, UNSTABLE LOAD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Alteration or rehabilitation		$20,000,000 and over			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309723633			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Engineering technicians, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pile driving Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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