Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200513596 - Employee Killed When Knocked Off Buliding by Falling Beam

Accident Summary Nr: 200513596 -- Report ID: 0552700 -- Event Date: 10/01/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307942524	10/04/2004	1791	238120	Centurion Inds,Inc. Dba A-Lert Construction

Abstract: At approximately 10:15 a.m. on October 1, 2004, Employee #1 was working as a connector on a structural steel floor deck 24.5 feet above floor level. A steel beam fell from the hook of a crane from approximately 85 feet above ground level. The beam struck Employee #1 and then continued falling and struck Employee #2 who was standing on the ground below the deck. Employee #1 was killed and Employee #2 was hospitalized with a broken ankle.

Keywords: BEAM, STEEL BEAM, CRANE HOOK, CONSTRUCTION, WALKING SURFACE, FALL, STRUCK BY, STEEL CONNECTING, CRANE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Refinery		Alteration or rehabilitation		$500,000 to $1,000,000	8	82	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	307942524			Fatality	Cut/Laceration	Structural metal workers
2	307942524			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Structural metal workers

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