Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200461473 - Employee killed by falling girder

Accident Summary Nr: 200461473 -- Report ID: 0111400 -- Event Date: 03/05/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305547754	03/05/2003	1791	238120	Boston Steel & Precast Erectors Incorporated
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305547747	03/05/2003	1542	236220	Walsh Brothers, Incorporated

Abstract: An employee was using a chain fall to level an outrigger-type truss girder on which he was standing. There was a series of truss girders on the working level and a series of truss girders the same size, each about 10 feet long, on the upper level. They were bolted to the columns. The employee anchored a two-ton chain fall to an upper girder in order to pull up and level the lower girder. All of the truss girders were bolted, but not welded. Several of the adjacent upper girders failed at the shear plane. The one to which the chain fall was anchored failed at the shear plane and fell directly on top of the employee killing him.

Keywords: CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	10	150	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	305547754			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile
2	305547747					Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:

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