Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170701593 - Employee's shoulder injured when struck by falling wood beam

Accident Summary Nr: 170701593 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 04/06/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125912014	04/22/1998	1791	0	Tru-Line Metal Products

Abstract: Employee #1, an apprentice ironworker, used a sling to attach a 5 1/8 in. by 15 in. by x 16 ft 8 in. laminated wood beam to the hook of a crane. The beam was being raised 26 ft for placement atop steel columns when it slipped out of the sling and fell, striking Employee #1. He was hospitalized with a fractured right shoulder.

Keywords: FRACTURE, SHOULDER, CRANE HOOK, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, SUSPENDED LOAD, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, SLING, FALLING OBJECT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	3	26

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125912014			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Structural metal workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Moving Point To Point Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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