Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200050136 - Employee killed when struck by falling outrigger

Accident Summary Nr: 200050136 -- Report ID: 0728900 -- Event Date: 05/20/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
116006164	05/21/1997	1795	0	Recycled Materials Company

Abstract: Employee #1 was setting up an outrigger (pivot leg) for a semi-trailer, portable rock crushing unit. He removed two bolts that held the outrigger in the transit position, and pivoted it to the stationary (down) position. The nut on the pivot bolt that was holding the outrigger broke loose and the outrigger fell, striking Employee #1. He was killed.

Keywords: OUTRIGGER, UNSECURED, ROCK CRUSHER, CONSTRUCTION, BOLT, STRUCK BY, SET UP, FALLING OBJECT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	116006164			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	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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