Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170761464 - Employee dies when struck by metal shackle

Accident Summary Nr: 170761464 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 09/17/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307423772	09/20/2004	1795	238910	Todd Cole/Jon Pitts Partnership

Abstract: At 12:30 p.m. on September 17, 2004, Employee #1 was using a Bobcat to pull over a concrete wall by using a metal cable attached to synthetic webbed slings connected by metal shackles. The synthetic webbed slings had several worn and torn areas, with the red warning line exposed and broken in all three slings. On the third lunge with the Bobcat, the synthetic webbed sling separated and the metal shackle recoiled back towards the Bobcat. The shackle struck Employee #1 sitting in the Bobcat in the head, causing massive head trauma. The employee died from his injuries.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, DEMOLITION, CONSTRUCTION, SHACKLE, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, MECH MAT HANDLING, STRUCK BY, CONCUSSION, SLING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Demolition		Under $50,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307423772			Fatality	Other	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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