Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170701270 - Employee killed by decking panels flying off overpass

Accident Summary Nr: 170701270 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 12/10/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125910661	12/11/1997	1629	0	Steve Rados Inc

Abstract: Employee #1, a carpenter foreman, stopped to help two coworkers remove debris from a road next to a freeway overpass that was under construction. He was returning to his truck when a set of two 4 ft long by 16 ft wide deck panels that were nailed together blew off the surface of the overpass 40 ft above and struck Employee #1's head below his hard hat. He died later that same day from blunt force trauma.

Keywords: HEAD, HIGHWAY, DECKING PANEL, CARPENTER, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over		40	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125910661			Fatality	Other	Supervisors; carpenters and related workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Placing bridge deck Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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