Inspection Detail

Inspection: 18810648 - Pitt-Des Moines, Inc

Inspection Information - Office: Department Of Labor, Licensing, And Regulation Division Of Labor And Industry Maryland Occupational Safety And Health

Investigation Summary

EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 HAD JUST USED A 15 TON WHITING OVERHEAD CRANE TO MOVE A STEEL GIRDER (4 FEET HIGH AND 70 FEET LONG, WEIGHING BETWEEN 5 AND 8 TONS) FROM A PAINTING AREA TO A GIRDER STORAGE AREA. THE GIRDER WAS PLACED ON EDGE BETWEEN TWO OTHER GIRDERS ALREADY IN STORAGE. EMPLOYEE #1 THEN WALKED TO THE MIDDLE OF THE GIRDER TO DISCONNECT THE GIRDER HOOKS USED TO RIG FOR THE LIFT. EMPLOYEE #1 SPREAD THE HOOKS AND SIGNALED THE CRANE OPERATOR TO HOIST THE HOOKS CLEAR OF THE GIRDER. WHEN THE OPERATOR LIFTED THE HOOKS, THE HOOK FARTHEST FROM EMPLOYEE #1 CAUGHT THE GIRDER EDGE AND CAUSED IT TO TIP TOWARDS BOTH EMPLOYEES. THE GIRDER FELL AGAINST THE ADJACENT GIRDER AND TRAPPED EMPLOYEE #1. EMPLOYEE #1 RECEIVED BRUISES AND ABRASIONS ON HIS BODY. EMPLOYEE #2 DISLOCATED 12 BONES IN HIS FOOT. BOTH EMPLOYEES WERE WEARING HARD HATS, SAFETY GLASSES, WORK GLOVES AND STEEL-TOED SHOES.

Keywords: GIRDER, UNSECURED, ABRASION, STRUCK BY, CONTUSION, CRANE, FOOT