Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202540167 - Employee Is Injured When Struck by Falling Beam

Accident Summary Nr: 202540167 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 10/08/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126153816	11/05/2008	1791	238120	Eagle Iron Erectors Inc

Abstract: At approximately 9:20 a.m. on October 8, 2008, an employee and a coworker were connecting a steel beams. The beam was 18 feet from the finished deck below. They had put in two bolts at one end of it while it was still suspended by the crane. After connecting two bolts, the other end did not fit correctly. The employee realized that it was in backwards. The two bolts were removed, and the employee began to walk to the other end of the beam. The employee gave the crane operator the command to raise the beam and turn it around. The beam bound lightly, and when it freed, it sprung up knocking the employee down. The employee was hospitalized and treated for fractured left knee cap, shattered right elbow, right shoulder rotator injury, and a broken nose.

Keywords: BEAM, KNEE, FRACTURE, SHOULDER, NOSE, OVERHEAD CRANE, STRUCK BY, ELBOW, FALLING OBJECT, CRANE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	3	18

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126153816			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 18 feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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