Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200031292 - Employee is killed when caught between steel formwork

Accident Summary Nr: 200031292 -- Report ID: 0521700 -- Event Date: 10/03/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304087216	10/03/2001	1622	0	Walsh Construction Company

Abstract: On October 3, 2001, Employee #1 was removing a temporary beam that was supporting some steel beam formwork when the formwork shifted. He became caught between the shifting formwork and a concrete column. Employee #1 was crushed and killed.

Keywords: STEEL BEAM, SUPPORT POSTS, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, BRIDGE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Alteration or rehabilitation		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000		18	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	304087216			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Forming Fatality Cause: Other

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