Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200370039 - Employee killed when struck by falling welding cylinder

Accident Summary Nr: 200370039 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 04/22/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301764023	04/22/1998	1711	0	Atlantic Coast Mechanical Inc

Abstract: Employee #1, a laborer at a construction site, was approaching one of the two entrances to a building under construction. Overhead, coworkers from two other subcontractors were using an HL truck-mounted boom crane and a wire rope sling to remove empty 235 lb welding cylinders from the third floor. The Lull forklift normally used for this task was out of service. One coworker was rigging the cylinders and another coworker was operating the crane. The cylinder swung outward as it was pulled off the third-story ledge of the third floor, slipped out of the sling, fell approximately 25 ft, striking Employee #1 directly on the head. Although he was wearing a hard hat, he suffered a fracture skull and massive head trauma. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital, where he died later that day.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, HOISTING MECHANISM, UNSECURED, TRUCK CRANE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, MECH MAT HANDLING, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Other		Under $50,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	301764023			Fatality	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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