Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 743468 - One employee killed, three injured in fall from girder

Accident Summary Nr: 743468 -- Report ID: 0951510 -- Event Date: 06/05/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
103835690	06/05/1990	1622	0	Hawaiian Dredging & Construction Co

Abstract: At approximately 2:00 p.m. on June 5, 1990, Employees #1, #2, #3, and #4, working in pairs, were unhooking the load line of a crane from a girder, which had been set on piers 20 and 21. The 48-ton girder was 92 ft long and 40 to 50 ft high. Employees #1 through #4 had just finished unhooking the load line when the girder started to tilt and fall. All four employees fell to the ground. Employee #1 was crushed by the girder and killed. Employee #2 suffered a broken back and was hospitalized. Employees #3 and #4 received multiple internal injuries that left them paralyzed.

Keywords: FRACTURE, PARALYSIS, GIRDER, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, FALL, FALL PROTECTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	103835690	Fatality	Amputation	Carpenters
2	103835690	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters
3	103835690	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters
4	103835690	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenter apprentices

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