Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201343845 - Employee Dies after Hitting Head Against Steel Beam

Accident Summary Nr: 201343845 -- Report ID: 0729700 -- Event Date: 11/30/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308642339	12/01/2005	1791	238120	Choctaw Erectors Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 and his coworker were in the process of erecting steel trusses for a covered walkway that connects the Call Building to the Lewis & Clark Building. Employee #1 was tied off to a steel truss. Employee #1 moved under the truss to connect a steel purlin, when the middle steel purlin broke and caught his body harness, forcing him into the steel purlin. Employee #1 hit his head on the steel purlin. He was found hanging from the lanyard of his body harness. Employee #1 was life-watched to Kansas Medical Center for head injuries. Employee #1 died. The coworker did not sustain any injuries.

Keywords: HEAD, STEEL BEAM, TRUSS, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, STEEL ERECTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, TIE-OFF, CONTUSION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	2	25	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	308642339			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported

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