Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170846299 - Employee killed when struck by swinging trash box

Accident Summary Nr: 170846299 -- Report ID: 0950652 -- Event Date: 02/15/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125889212	02/15/1997	1622	0	Tutor-Saliba-Perini

Abstract: At approximately 1:10 a.m. on February 15, 1997, Employee #1, a miner for Tutor-Saliba-Perini, was working at a MTA tunnel construction project. He was walking on a rebar mat, tending a trailing electrical cable for a jumbo hoist . A 1/4 in. non-alloy chain sling used for hoisting broke, allowing a 4,600 lb trash container that had been rigged to the jumbo hoist to fall and swing free at one end. Employee #1, who was passing by just as the link failed, was struck in the head and chest. He was killed instantly. The chain was undersized for the load and was composed of non-alloy carbon steel of unknown origin and quality. The chain had been abused and showed signs of previous overloading.

Keywords: CHAIN, HEAD, WORK RULES, OVERLOADED, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, HOIST, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT, BROKEN CHAIN

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125889212			Fatality	Cut/Laceration	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Connecting Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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