Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170588214 - Employee injured in fall when knocked from beam

Accident Summary Nr: 170588214 -- Report ID: 0950635 -- Event Date: 12/04/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120326343	12/05/1996	1611	0	Ball Ball & Brosamer Inc

Abstract: At approximately 1:45 a.m. on December 5, 1996, Employee #1 was standing on a 38 ft long I-beam while a 68 ft long I-beam was being placed across the northbound freeway as a span of the falsework for the new southbound freeway. A large crane was being used to set the I-beam in place. The 68 ft beam slipped off the attachment clamp and struck the 38 ft beam on which Employee #1 was standing. He fell about 18 ft to the ground and suffered bruises, but no serious injuries. The I-beam then struck a wooden post of the falsework. The post and the beam landed in the southbound lanes of the freeway, killing one motorist . Only one clamp, attached to the middle of the beam, was being used to lift the13,350 lb steel I-beam.

Keywords: BEAM, HIGHWAY, WORK RULES, OVERLOADED, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, FALLING OBJECT, CONTUSION, UNSTABLE LOAD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000		18

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	120326343			Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 18 feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Connecting Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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