Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200623601 - Employee Is Killed When Beam Falls

Accident Summary Nr: 200623601 -- Report ID: 0454711 -- Event Date: 12/07/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309633964	12/07/2005	1622	237310	Dement Construction Company Llc

Abstract: On December 7, 2005, Employee #1 was a flagman, standing on a pad near a crane that was operating at a bridge deck replacement project over the Wolf River. Two cranes were lowering a concrete beam when the load shifted and toppled one of the cranes. One end of the beam fell into the river. The other end fell on the river bank and the pad Employee #1 was standing on. He was killed when he was thrown into the beam.

Keywords: CRANE OUTRIGGER, WORK RULES, LOAD SHIFT, STRUCK AGAINST, SUSPENDED LOAD, FLAGMAN, CRANE LIFTING BEAM, CRANE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Bridge		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	2	20	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309633964			Fatality	Other	Supervisors, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Placing bridge deck Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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