Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201360179 - Employee killed when struck by falling piling

Accident Summary Nr: 201360179 -- Report ID: 0419400 -- Event Date: 01/16/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301029344	01/17/1997	1611	0	W.S. Newell, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was part of a crew that was driving steel pilings into an excavation in preparation for pouring footings for a bridge. The crane operator was pulling a 45 ft long, 14 by 73 steel piling into the leads of a diesel pile hammer after the ground crew attached a shackle and safety wire and moved away from the operation. The piling had moved up approximately 10 ft into the leads, when Employee #1 entered the work area and went underneath the raised piling. The hammer unexpectedly fired, lowering the piling. It struck and killed Employee #1.

Keywords: EXCAVATION, HOISTING MECHANISM, PILE DRIVER, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, MECH MALFUNCTION, CRANE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Bridge		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	301029344			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pile driving Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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