Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200780302 - EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY STEEL TRUSS

Accident Summary Nr: 200780302 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 12/01/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
122175045	01/05/1998	1522	0	Tracorp Construction

Abstract: Employee #1 was setting the first steel truss onto the outermost columns on the south end of a building. While the crane was lifting the truss into position, the crane's hoisting rope broke and the steel truss fell. Employee #1 was struck in the head and torso and killed.

Keywords: HEAD, CONSTRUCTION, TORSO, STRUCK BY, CONCUSSION, CRANE, HOISTLINE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		Under $50,000	1	18	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	122175045			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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