Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 77380.015 - One employee is killed and one injured in hoist collapse

Accident Summary Nr: 77380.015 -- Report ID: 0134000 -- Event Date: 06/11/2015
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1089971.015	06/11/2015		238120	Shiloh Steel Erectors, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1070688.015	06/11/2015		532412	Liberty Equipment & Supply, Inc

Abstract: At approximately 2:00 p.m. on June 11, 2015, Employee #1, Employee #2, and coworkers were erecting a two car personnel hoist. They set up the base and were plumbing up the mast sections. Employee #1 and Employee #2 were on top of the hoist car on the right. Coworkers on the hoist car on the left had descended to get a laser level. Just about the time the hoist car on the left had landed, the hoist car on the right along with the mast sections collapsed and fell over onto Employee #1 and Employee #2. Employee #1 was killed. Employee #2 suffered multiple fractures of his facial and sinus bones, fractures of the left shoulder, tibia and fibular and other injuries.

Keywords: Collapse, Face, Fracture, Hoist, Knee, Leg, Material Handling, Shoulder, Struck By

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	14	50	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1089971.015	40	M	Fatality		Strctural Iron /& Steel Worker	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Elevator, escalator installation Fatality Cause:
2	1070688.015	32	M	Hospitalized injury		Elevator installers and repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Elevator, escalator installation Fatality Cause:

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