Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170759401 - Employee Dies after Being Struck by Falling Light Fixture

Accident Summary Nr: 170759401 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 09/07/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307997155	09/10/2004	1611	237310	Beaty Construction Inc.

Abstract: On July 26, 2004, Employee #1 was removing the nuts from the base of a light pole standard in preparation to remove the pole from its location. The pole was a 35-foot standard steel tapered square pole. The double base light set on top of the pole was secured with set type screws. A nylon sling was choked around the pole and hooked to a crane. As the crane operator tightened the load line and sling, the sling moved to the top of the pole and pulled the light off the top of the pole. The light fell on Employee #1 working below and he suffered a broken neck and other injuries to his head. He was transported to a hospital and was later transferred to another hospital where he died from his injuries on September 7, 2004.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, LIGHTING FIXTURE, NECK, STRUCK BY, SLING, FALLING OBJECT, CRANE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	1	30	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307997155			Fatality	Concussion	Operating engineers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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