Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200926418 - Employee Is Fatally Crushed by Bridge Crane

Accident Summary Nr: 200926418 -- Report ID: 0355112 -- Event Date: 10/05/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
316754688	10/05/2012	1796	238290	Ppm An Emcor Company

Abstract: At approximately 1:00 p.m. on October 5, 2012, Employee #1 was removing bolts on a vertical column in order to move a pipe two to three feet, when a rail crane located within 12 inches of Employee #1 caught him causing a fatal injury. Employee #1 was crushed between the crane mechanism that runs along the rail system and the vertical column where he was removing bolts. Employee #1 was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Keywords: COLUMN, CRUSHED, BOLT, PIPE, CRANE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Maintenance or repair		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	3		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	316754688			Fatality	Cut/Laceration	Specified mechanics and repairers

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