Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201798998 - Equipment Operator Is Injured When Struck By Beam

Accident Summary Nr: 201798998 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 10/01/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301333340	10/04/2004	1795	238910	Cst Environmental, Inc.

Abstract: At 1:40 p.m. on October 1, 2004, Employee #1, a heavy equipment operator with CST Environmental, Inc., was operating an excavator (Hitachi, Model Number EX270LC, Serial Number 158- 6249) to separate demolition debris into different kind of materials. The excavator was positioned too close to the debris pile. When he picked up a large steel beam (172 in. by 12 in. by 6.6 in.) using the excavator grapple attachment, a smaller beam (130 in. by 5 in. by 1.76 in.) that was connected to the larger one sprang out from the pile of debris. The smaller beam then entered the operator's cab from the left side all the way through the right side. Employee #1's upper right arm was struck by that beam. He was hospitalized at Saint Francis Medical Center for a fractured arm.

Keywords: beam, fracture, demolition, equipment operator, excavator, struck by, arm

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Demolition		$50,000 to $250,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	301333340			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators

UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA