Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200051597 - Employee killed when struck by rigging and counter weight

Accident Summary Nr: 200051597 -- Report ID: 0728900 -- Event Date: 04/22/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303731335	04/23/2002	1731	0	East Mississippi Towers

Abstract: On April 22, 2002, Employee #1 was part of a crew installing a 3 in. digital coaxial cable onto a 1,524-ft-tall communications tower. She was standing on a platform approximately 1,300-ft-high helping to guide the cable into place as the crew hoisted it. After the crew paused to discuss the wind and discontinuing work, the supervisor and a coworker made the decision to continue. As the supervisor began to hoist the cable again, the cable on the load side of the rigging broke under the stress of the load conditions, and the rest of the rigging on the lift side of the rigging fell. Employee #1 was struck in the head by the counter balancing "headache ball" (which weighs between 250 and 300 pounds) and the remainder of the rigging materials, and was killed.

Keywords: RIGGING, COMMUNICATION TOWER, COMMUNICATION CABLE, COUNTERBALANCE, HOIST, STRUCK BY, ELEVATED WORK PLAT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Tower, tank, storage elevator		Alteration or rehabilitation		$500,000 to $1,000,000		1524	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303731335			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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