Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202441879 - Employee's foot crushed when steel beam falls from forklift

Accident Summary Nr: 202441879 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 04/29/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125882662	04/26/2005	1791	238120	Elk Iron Works Inc

Abstract: At approximately 12:45 p.m. on April 29, 2004, Employee #1, a journeyman iron worker for a steel installation business, and his foreman used bridge clips to secure a 700 lb, 6 in. by 8 in. by 3/4 in. thick right-angle steel beam of unspecified length onto the forks of a Gradall industrial truck. The foreman was raising the forklift when the right end of the beam struck a stack of wood flooring, causing the clamps to loosen. The beam fell and struck Employee #1's foot. He sustained serious crushing injuries, for which he was hospitalized.

Keywords: IRON WORKER, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, MECH MAT HANDLING, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, FOOT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	2	30

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125882662			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Welders and cutters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Emplacing reinforcing steel Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over by construction equipment during

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