Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202367777 - Employee Is Killed When Struck by Gantry Assembly

Accident Summary Nr: 202367777 -- Report ID: 1055360 -- Event Date: 11/25/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312647613	11/25/2008	1622	237310	A R Construction Inc

Abstract: On November 25, 2008, Employee #1 was working on a lowboy during highway construction. A crane was lifting a 40,000 pound gantry assembly from a lowboy to the ground to be cleaned. Four straps carrying the load broke, causing the load to fall. It struck Employee #1. The nature of Employee #1's injuries was unspecified in the original narrative of this event.

Keywords: HIGHWAY, SUSPENDED LOAD, CONSTRUCTION, GANTRY CRANE, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, STRUCK BY, CRANE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Other		Under $50,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	312647613			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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