Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200260263 - Employee killed when struck by falling truss

Accident Summary Nr: 200260263 -- Report ID: 0627100 -- Event Date: 07/24/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301732863	07/28/1997	1731	0	Little Rock Electrical Contractors, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1, a journeyman electrician, was installing electrical conduit on the exterior of a building. He was working near an area where steel was being lifted onto a greenhouse building under construction. The operator of a Sky Trak industrial truck had a steel beam elevated on the forks when he left the controls of the vehicle to move a heavy duty forklift that was in his way. While backing this second forklift through the congested area, its forks struck the steel truss on the forks of the first lift truck. This caused the Sky Trak to tilt over on its left side. The steel truss fell off the forks and struck Employee #1 on the head. He was killed.

Keywords: CLEARANCE, HEAD, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, STRUCK AGAINST, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, MECH MAT HANDLING, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, OVERTURN

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	301732863			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Caught in stationary equipment

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