Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201280278 - EMPLOYEE KILLED BY SPREADER BAR WHENL CRANE CABLE BROKE

Accident Summary Nr: 201280278 -- Report ID: 0418100 -- Event Date: 08/13/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
109301325	08/13/1997	1741	0	Southern Pan & Shoring Co.

Abstract: At approximately 11:45 a.m. on August 13, 1997, Employee #1 was working as part of a four-man crew that had just removed a section of formwork from a stairway tower. The crane lifting the section of formwork with the four-man crew on it experienced a failure of the wire rope on the auxiliary hoist. Employee #1 was struck on the head by a spreader bar that was attached to the section of formwork. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital and was pronounced dead upon arrival.

Keywords: HEAD, WIRE ROPE, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, SPREADER BAR, CRANE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	10		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	109301325			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 24 feet Cause: Forming Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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