Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14332274 - STRUCK BY ADJACENT COLUMN

Accident Summary Nr: 14332274 -- Report ID: 0418100 -- Event Date: 05/14/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
2166841	05/14/1985	1771	0	Tri-Bentley Constructors, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
2166833	05/14/1985	1542	0	Pepper Southern, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
2166825	05/14/1985	1791	0	Eastern Steel Erectors, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
2166858	05/14/1985	1791	0	Colt Construction Company, Inc.

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 AND HIS SUPERVISOR EMPLOYEE #2 WERE ERECTING VERTICAL COLUMNS (STEEL). EMPLOYEE #1 WAS SITTING NEAR A FOOTING ON WHICH A STEEL COLUMN WOULD BE SET AND EMPLOYEE #2 WAS STANDING NEARBY. ALL EMPLOYEES FROM ANOTHER WORKSITE SLID DOWN THE ADJACENT COLUMN WHICH HAD JUST BEEN SET. THE COLUMN THEN FELL AND STRUCK BOTH EMPLOYEE #1 AND #2. EMPLOYEE #1 HAD HIS LEG SERVERED BELOW THE KNEE. EMPLOYEE #2 HAD INJURIES TO HIS HAND. THE COLUMN WAY APPARENTLY NOT FULLY BOLTED WITH FULLY THREADED NUTS ON THE ANCHOR BOLT.

Keywords: COLUMN, BUILDING, COLLAPSE, STRUCK BY, ERECTION PROCESS, IRON WORKER, CONSTRUCTION, STEEL ERECTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	2166841			Occupation Not Listed
2	2166833			Occupation Not Listed
3	2166825	Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Occupation not reported
4	2166825	Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Occupation not reported
5	2166858			Occupation Not Listed

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