Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 910752 - Employee injured when struck by rafter

Accident Summary Nr: 910752 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 06/14/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
105490064	06/15/1990	1761	0	David Alexander Erectors

Abstract: Employee #1 was connecting an 8,500 lb steel rafter more than 30 ft above the ground. The rafter, which measured 100 ft long and 3 ft wide at one end and 6 ft wide at the other end, was being lifted by a 35-ton Grove hydraulic crane. The steel rafter shifted, striking Employee #1 and causing him to fall to the ground. He was hospitalized for a laceration to the head, contusions, a fractured jaw, and a back injury.

Keywords: HEAD, WORK RULES, LOAD SHIFT, CONSTRUCTION, RAFTER, LACERATION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, STRUCK BY, HYDRAULIC CRANE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	105490064			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Structural metal workers

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