Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200090611 - Employee killed when mobile gantry crane overturns

Accident Summary Nr: 200090611 -- Report ID: 0112300 -- Event Date: 07/25/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310157375	07/25/2007	1623	237110	Eastern Piping And Engineering Inc.

Abstract: On July 25, 2007, Employee #1 was disassembling a Spanco T-series three-way adjustable mobile gantry. He hooked a chain fall and a come-along on opposite ends of the A-frame sections of the gantry. He then tightened the two devices, which pulled the bottom and the top of the gantry toward one another. Employee #1 then pulled the adjusting pins from the legs of the gantry, which caused the gantry legs on one end to compress into each other. The gantry fell over, striking Employee #1 as tried to flee the collapsing structure. He was crushed and killed.

Keywords: DISMANTLING, UNSECURED, CONSTRUCTION, GANTRY CRANE, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, CRANE, OVERTURN

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Sewer/water treatment plant		Alteration or rehabilitation		$250,000 to $500,000		2	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310157375			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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