Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 170605224 - Falling concrete panel hits employee on foot
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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119970390 | 07/28/1993 | 3272 | 0 | Utility Vault Company |
Abstract: At or about 7:45 a.m. on May 11, 1993, Employee #1 and other coworkers were stripping the forms needed to lift a wave attenuation panel (WAP), a concrete panel. A four-point pick using four Dayton Superior 1 inch eyebolts inserted in a 1 inch screw anchor in the panel was utilized by a Drott mobile gantry crane. The WAP dimensions were 16 feet by 6 1/4 feet by 10 inches thick and it weighed 12,300 pounds. When the crane was moving the WAP panel at about 2 to 4 feet above the ground, one of the four eyebolts broke, which in turn made two other eyebolts fail, at which time the panel started moving toward Employee #1. The panel hit his right foot and then dropped into a pile (RCC 14 inches by 14 inches). Employee #1 was wearing steel toe shoes. Employee #1 was admitted to Chico Community Hospital, Chico, CA, for treatment for 8 days. He had worked for 4 1/2 years for this employer. According to Dayton Superior, the eyebolt broke due to general fatigue.
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
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1 | 119970390 | Hospitalized injury | Cut/Laceration | Occupation not reported |