Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200675858 - Employee Is Killed and Another Is Injured on Pile Driver

Accident Summary Nr: 200675858 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 03/31/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309430775	03/31/2006	1611	237310	Condotte America Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 2:30 p.m. on March 31, 2006, Employee#1 was struck on the head by a pile driving hammer that fell after being suspended with a crawler crane (Manufacturer: Link Belt Model Number: 248HYLAB5 and Serial Number: N5JS-6947). Employee #1 fell approximately 15 ft to the ground, along with the metal template where he was standing to conduct the work, after the hammer struck him and the template. Employee #1 landed on top of the template, in the sitting position, with his head against the hammer. Employee #2, another pile driver, who was also on the template getting ready to cut the other side of the leads, fell to the outside of the template over the steel guardrails that had been installed on the template to prevent employees from falling. Employee #2 was walking on the template, away from the hammer in the east direction as the hammer struck the template and fell to the ground. Employee #1 suffered serious injuries to his head and was transported to the hospital and Employee #2 suffered serious injuries to his lower extremities.

Keywords: HEAD, PILE DRIVER, CRAWLER CRANE, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309430775			Fatality	Other	Machine operators, not specified	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Placing bridge girders and beams Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile
2	309430775			Non Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Machine operators, not specified	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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