Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201034402 - Employee Is Injured When Struck in Head by Steel Beam

Accident Summary Nr: 201034402 -- Report ID: 0950635 -- Event Date: 08/27/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120225917	09/06/2002	1795	0	Pena Grading And Demolition

Abstract: At 3:05 p.m. on August 27, 2002, Employee #1, a laborer for Pena Grading and Demolition, was at the north end of the Lakewood Mall, which was being demolished to make room for construction of a new Target store. He was assisting the operator of a Track CAT 93 excavator (Serial Number 6WJ00493), while a loader (Serial Number 86G01552) was operating approximately 20 ft away. Employee #1 had his back to the loader as it was maneuvering a 10-ft-long I-beam when the beam struck his shoulder and head. Employee #1 was knocked unconscious and fell to the ground. He was hospitalized at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center for treatment of Central Cord Syndrome.

Keywords: CLEARANCE, HEAD, UNCONSCIOUSNESS, SHOULDER, DEMOLITION, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, EARTHMOVING EQUIP, LOADER, STRUCK BY

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	2	25

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120225917			Hospitalized injury	Other	Construction laborers

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