Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200783389 - Employee Is Struck and Killed by over Head Crane

Accident Summary Nr: 200783389 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 11/30/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307487561	12/01/2004	3743	336510	Trinity Industries

Abstract: At approximately 10:00 p.m. on Tuesday November 30, 2004, Employee #1 was working at the top of a vertical blaster when he was struck from behind and killed by an overhead crane. Employee #1 climbed on the top of the vertical blaster to make a belt adjustment when the over crane moved through the area he was working in, striking him. Employee #1 was not wearing a fall protection system, but as he fell, his belt caught a pipe and he was suspended in the air approximately 20 ft until emergency workers retrieved his body.

Keywords: REPAIR, BELT, OVERHEAD CRANE, FALL PROTECTION, PIPE, STRUCK BY

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	307487561			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Machinery maintenance occupations

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