Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202079828 - Employee Is Injured When Steel Beams Fall from Rigging

Accident Summary Nr: 202079828 -- Report ID: 0453730 -- Event Date: 11/11/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312957889	11/11/2008	1771	238110	United Forming, Inc.

Abstract: On November 11, 2008, Employee #1 was hoisting steel beams to the fiftieth floor of a building when the load shifted and eight of the beams fell 600 feet to the ground.

Keywords: STEEL BEAM, HOISTING MECHANISM, BUILDING, LOAD SHIFT, CONSTRUCTION, MECH MAT HANDLING, FALLING OBJECT, UNSTABLE LOAD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	51	600

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	312957889			Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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