Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170843643 - Ironworker's leg is injured when struck by beam

Accident Summary Nr: 170843643 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 01/19/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119634673	01/21/2004	1623	237110	Tutor Saliba Koch Tidewater Jv

Abstract: At 9:30 a.m. on January 19, 2004, Employee #1 was part of an ironworker crew performing seismic retrofit on the lower deck of the San Rafael-Richmond. While the crew was fastening angle iron stiffeners to bridge girders, a bridge clamp holding an angle iron slipped off a chain hoist, causing a steel beam to fall on Employee #1's lower right leg. He was hospitalized for a compound fracture. Employee #1 had rigged the angle iron to the lift using a clamp instead of a more secure shackle.

Keywords: BEAM, FRACTURE, METAL RAIL, GIRDER, STEEL, IRON WORKER, STRUCK BY, BRIDGE, FALLING OBJECT, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Bridge		Maintenance or repair		$500,000 to $1,000,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	119634673			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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