Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200040400 - Employee killed when crushed under load of steel beams

Accident Summary Nr: 200040400 -- Report ID: 0653510 -- Event Date: 08/31/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303401707	08/31/2000	1542	0	Telstar Construction

Abstract: On August 31, 2000, Employee #1 was unloading a semi-trailer full of steel beams and trusses at a construction site. He asked the truck driver to park on the south side of the structure and then asked the crane operator to reposition his crane. When this was done, Employee #1 jumped onto the trailer and began to remove the metal bands that held the materials together. As the first load of beams was removed from the trailer and put into position for later use, Employee #1 began to remove the metal bands from around the next load. When the bands were cut, the load of steel beams and trusses slid off the trailer and struck Employee #1. He was crushed and killed.

Keywords: UNSECURED, WORK RULES, LOAD SHIFT, CONSTRUCTION, TRAILER TRUCK, CRUSHED, OFF LOADING, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, UNSTABLE LOAD

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	5	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303401707			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 5 feet Cause: Installation Of Decking-Hoisting Bundles Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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