Accident Report Detail
Accident: 200602373 - Employee Killed By Falling Gantry
Accident: 200602373 -- Report ID: 0625400 -- Event Date: 04/02/2003 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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306061896 | 04/04/2003 | 1622 | S.F.W. Construction, Inc. | ||||
On April 4, 2003, work had been completed at a bridge construction site and the crew was rigging down the truck crane. With a hammer, the crane operator knocked out the pins that held up the back hitch. This caused the gantry to come down, crushing Employee #1. Employee #1 died of fractures. | |||||||
Keywords:
fracture, rigging, pin, truck crane, construction, gantry crane, trailer hitch, crushed
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Bridge | New project or new addition | $1,000,000 to $5,000,000 | 20 | X | |||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 306061896 | Fatality | Fracture | Occupation not reported | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Placing bridge girders and beams FatCause: Struck by falling object/projectile |