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Accident Summary Nr: 201079639 - Employee Gets a Foot Amputation after Being Struck by a Stee

Accident Summary Nr: 201079639 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 06/05/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
315348979	06/17/2013	1791	238120	Schuff Steel Co

Abstract: At approximately 10:00 a.m. on June 5, 2013, Employee #1, of Schuff Steel Company, sustained serious injuries after being struck by a 35 foot steel beam. Employee #1 suffered a thigh laceration and a foot amputation. Employee #1 was rigging a 35 foot steel column beam weighing over 2,500 lbs. for a vertical lift by a Liebherr LR1200 crane using a 12 ton sheave (hickey) with two shackles and round pull pins. The round pull pins became disconnected from the shackle causing the end of the beam being hoisted to fall and strike Employee #1. The pull pins were not secured with safety pins or cotter pins to prevent unintentional displacement of the load.

Keywords: BEAM, AMPUTATED, PIN, SHACKLE, STRUCK BY, FOOT

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	3	46

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	315348979			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Helpers, construction trades	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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