Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200202810 - Employee Is Killed When Pinned Between Two Concrete Pilings

Accident Summary Nr: 200202810 -- Report ID: 0418200 -- Event Date: 04/17/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309256352	04/18/2006	1622	237310	Rogers Bridge Company, Inc

Abstract: On April 17, 2006, Employee #1 was assisting with the construction of a bridge on a highway. As part of the building process, concrete pilings were driven into the ground and then partially cut at their tops so that they would all be level. After the pilings were partially cut, a 75-ton crane was then used to finish breaking them off. A load line was attached to the top of pilings and would then be used to side pull and snatch their tops off. While the pilings were being broken off, Employee #1 and coworkers were located in a coffer dam below for additional cutting of the falling piling sections. As one piling was being broken off, it turned and struck an adjacent piling. This caused the piling that was struck to break off and fall, pinning Employee #1 between pilings. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: FRACTURE, PILING, PINNED, COFFER DAM, CONSTRUCTION, CAUGHT BETWEEN, BRIDGE, FALLING OBJECT, CONCRETE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Bridge		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000		15	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309256352			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Placing bridge girders and beams Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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