Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201353075 - Employee Is Killed When Struck by Falling Steel

Accident Summary Nr: 201353075 -- Report ID: 0419700 -- Event Date: 04/18/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308437417	04/19/2006	1791	238190	A & K Erectors, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308437409	04/19/2006	1542	236220	Bahri Construction, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was operating an Ingersoll 54-inch Smooth Drum, Ride-On Vibrating Roller, Model Number SD40, at a strip mall construction site. He drove the roller up a dirt ramp and into a building to park the roller. A steel erection crew was in the process of erecting a prefabricated metal building. The crew had placed girt tubes onto columns throughout the building, but had not welded or otherwise secured the girt tubes in place. Employee #1 drove the roller under one of the girt tubes. The girt tube was approximately 32 feet long, was square shaped (eight inches on each side), and was made from one-half inch thick steel. The rollover protection structure of the roller struck the overhead girt tube. This caused the unsecured girt tube to fall and strike Employee #1 in the head. He suffered a fractured neck and was transported by emergency services to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Employee #1 was not wearing a hard hat at the time of the accident.

Keywords: HEAD, STEEL TUBE, UNSECURED, MACHINE OPERATOR, FRACTURE, ROLLER--CONST EQUIP, CONSTRUCTION, STEEL ERECTION, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

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	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	308437417					Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:
2	308437409			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Backfilling and compacting Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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