Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201148079 - Employee Is Struck in Face as Column Being Installed Shifts

Accident Summary Nr: 201148079 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 06/12/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125949230	06/12/2006	1791	238120	Schroeder Iron Corporation

Abstract: On June 12, 2006, Employee #1 was working for a structural steel fabricator and erector. He was at a shopping mall construction site in Irvine, CA. The company was erecting columns in front of a building structure. Employee #1 was working as an iron worker. His coworker, the site superintendent, was working as a boom operator, and Employee #1 was directing him. They were installing a circular column approximately 6 inches in diameter and 28 feet tall. As the boom operator aligned the column flange and set it down onto the base anchor bolts, the flange jammed. Employee #1, holding the column, signaled the boom operator to raise the column slightly. As the boom operator inched the column up, it suddenly sprang off the studs and struck Employee #1 in the face. Employee #1 sustained blunt trauma injuries to his head, a nose fracture, and lacerations to his face. He was hospitalized for those injuries and for treatment for bruises, contusions, and abrasions. Employee #1 was a full-time payroll employee with no other contracts.

Keywords: FRACTURE, CRANE BOOM, LOAD SHIFT, SUSPENDED LOAD, CONSTRUCTION, STEEL COLUMN, STEEL ERECTION, STRUCK BY, CRANE OPERATOR, FACE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Alteration or rehabilitation		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	1	30

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125949230			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Structural metal workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Other

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