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Accident Summary Nr: 200083269 - Employee injured when pinned between lift rail and beam

Accident Summary Nr: 200083269 -- Report ID: 0112000 -- Event Date: 09/22/2007
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
31018771109/24/20071791238120Eastern Steel Erectors, Llc

Abstract: On September 22, 2007, Employee #1 was in an aerial lift. He was backing up the lift when he became pinned between a horizontally erected piece of steel and the top rail of the aerial lift. He had his back to the steel beam and did not realize how close it was to the lift. Employee #1 sustained non-life-threatening injuries, for which he was hospitalized.

Keywords: CLEARANCE, STEEL BEAM, PINNED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, CAUGHT BETWEEN, AERIAL LIFT, BACKING UP, INATTENTION
Accident Details
End Use Project Type Project Cost Stories Non-building Height Fatality
Commercial building New project or new addition $5,000,000 to $20,000,000 1 1

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation Construction
1 310187711 Hospitalized injury Strain/Sprain Occupation not reported Distance of Fall: feet
Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet
Cause: Erecting structural steel
Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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