Accident Report Detail
Accident: 124127.015 - Employee Is Crushed By Falling Ballast Weight
Accident: 124127.015 -- Report ID: 0111400 -- Event Date: 12/28/2019 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1463950.015 | 12/28/2019 | United Staging & Rigging, Llc | |||||
On December 28, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a rigging company, was directing the installation of a steel-clad concrete ballast weight as part of a multiemployer construction project. The ballast weight, which weighed more than 3,100 pounds, was being lifted on the forks of a telehandler when it came off the forks and fell onto Employee #1. Employee #1 sustained blunt force traumatic crushing injuries to his torso and was killed. | |||||||
Keywords:
crushing, ballast--lighting, boom truck, rigging, installing, falling object, construction, aerial lift, boom, forklift, torso, unsecured, blunt force trauma, blunt force
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Other building | New project or new addition | 1 | 3 | X | |||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 1463950.015 | 34 | M | Fatality | Other | Construction trades, n.e.c. | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: FatCause: Struck by falling object/projectile |