Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202074258 - EMPLOYEE FATALLY INJURED WHEN STRUCK BY FALLING MATERIAL

Accident Summary Nr: 202074258 -- Report ID: 0453730 -- Event Date: 10/16/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301833687	10/16/1997	1521	0	Chris Broom Dba Chris Broom Framing

Abstract: At approximately 1:40 p.m. on October 16, 1997, Employee #1 was working on the first floor of a single family home being constructed. While a load of 28 sheets of OSB plywood weighing approximately 1440 lb was being lifted by a boom truck crane over the stud walls of second floor of the house. The entire load of boards slipped out of the slings and fell through the wooden floorboards and trusses striking the employee. He received fatal head and chest trauma from the falling material.

Keywords: LOAD SHIFT, FALL, STRUCK BY, CRANE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	2		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	301833687			Fatality	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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