Inspection Detail

Inspection: 18825182 - Songer Construction Corporation

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

Inspection Nr: 18825182

Report ID: 0352430

Date Opened: 06/09/1988

Site Address:
Songer Construction Corporation
Bethlhem Steel Corp., New 200a
Sparrows Point, MD 21219

Mailing Address:
2735 Park Avenue, Washington, PA 15301

Union Status: Union

SIC:1541

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 06/20/1988

Planning Guide: Safety-Construction

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 06/23/1988

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360219000

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 14201842

Event: 06/08/1988

EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY "HEADACHE BALL"

On June 8, 1989, Employee #1 and coworkers engaged in moving approximately one-and-a-half-ton iron runners a distance of 100 yards in order to clear areas for a new road using a flatbed tractor-trailer and a Grove RT65S 35 ton hydraulic crane. The operator of the crane had landed two or three runners using the four-part main block. Employee #1 was reaching for the choker when the crane operator inadvertently expressed the boom, blocking the auxiliary hoist, and causing the wire rope to part. The "pill" struck Employee #1 killing him. Human error was determined to be the cause, and no violations were noted.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, WIRE ROPE, CONSTRUCTION, HOIST, STRUCK BY, HEADACHE BALL, CRANE

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18825182			Fatality	Fracture	Structural metal workers

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