Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202341277 - Employee injured when struck by steel beam

Accident Summary Nr: 202341277 -- Report ID: 0352450 -- Event Date: 03/15/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305280679	03/15/2002	1791	0	Commercial Erectors, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305280661	03/15/2002	1542	0	Bovis Lend Lease Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 and other employees were preparing a crane to "christmas tree" steel beams to the first floor of a structure. The crane was a Link-Belt, Model LS-218H, Serial Number B6L17-7999, 100-ton crawler crane with a 150-foot lattice boom and a 60-foot jib. The employees hooked up one steel beam weighing 586 pounds. The crane operator raised the beam about 8 feet above the ground and the employees started to put a choker on another beam. Before the second beam could be hooked up, the main boom line failed, causing the boom to collapse. Employee #1 was struck by the steel beam and the headache ball, fracturing his shoulder, ulna, and wrist. The other employees called emergency services and Employee #1 was transported to Washington County Hospital.

Keywords: SHOULDER, BOOM SUPPORT CABLE, FRACTURE, STEEL BEAM, CRAWLER CRANE, CONSTRUCTION, STEEL ERECTION, STRUCK BY, HEADACHE BALL, CRANE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	2	25

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	305280679			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Lifting operations
2	305280661					Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:

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