Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 768515 - CONSTRUCTION WORKER KILLED WHEN CRUSHED BY CONCRETE PANEL

Accident Summary Nr: 768515 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 07/24/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100697887	07/27/1987	1542	0	Sverdrup Corporation
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100697895	07/27/1987	1791	0	Bakers & Sons Steel Erectors, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100697937	07/27/1987	1711	0	Dallas Fire Protection, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100697929	07/27/1987	1711	0	Cbs Mechanical, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100697911	07/27/1987	1742	0	Hawpe Brothers Paint And Drywall, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100697903	07/27/1987	1731	0	Redmon Electric Co., Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100697952	07/27/1987	4212	0	Chester Thomas Trucking
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100697945	07/27/1987	1799	0	Standard Waterproofing Co., Inc.

Abstract: A CRANE LOWERED A 7,850 POUND CONCRETE PRECAST PANEL ONTO A 47 FOOT A-FRAME TRAILER. EMPLOYEE #1 AND 2 OTHER EMPLOYEES GUIDED THE PANEL ONTO THE TRAILER. EMPLOYEE #1 REMOVED THE CRANE'S 20 FOOT SNATCH BLOCK SLING FROM THE 22 FOOT PANEL AT THE NORTH END. AT THE SAME TIME, THE SECOND EMPLOYEE, WHO WAS AT THE SOUTH END OF THE PANEL, REMOVED ONE END OF THE SNATCH BLOCK SLING WHILE THE OTHER END OF THE SLING REMAINED ATTACHED TO THE HOOK ON THE PANEL. THE SECOND EMPLOYEE THEN HANDED THE FREE END OF THE SLING TO THE THIRD EMPLOYEE. THE THIRD EMPLOYEE BEGAN ATTACHING THE SLING TO THE FLATBED TRAILER, WHICH WAS PARKED PARALLEL TO THE A-FRAME TRAILER AND ABOUT 4 TO 5 FEET AWAY. MEANWHILE, EMPLOYEE #1 HAD TURNED HIS BACK TO THE PANEL AND WAS ATTACHING HIS SLINGS TO THE FLAT BED TRAILER. THE CONCRETE PANEL, WHICH WAS NOT SECURED TO THE A-FRAME TRAILER, TIPPED OVER AND CRUSHED EMPLOYEE #1 AGAINST THE FLAT BED TRAILER.

Keywords: TRAILER, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, INATTENTION, CONCRETE PANEL, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100697887			Occupation Not Listed
2	100697895	Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported
3	100697937			Occupation Not Listed
4	100697929			Occupation Not Listed
5	100697911			Occupation Not Listed
6	100697903			Occupation Not Listed
7	100697952			Occupation Not Listed
8	100697945			Occupation Not Listed

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