Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202561726 - One Worker Is Killed, One Is Injured by Falling Steel Beams

Accident Summary Nr: 202561726 -- Report ID: 0950411 -- Event Date: 06/19/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
317173235	06/19/2013	1622	237310	Ralph L. Wadsworth Construction Company, Llc

Abstract: On June 19, 2013, Employees #1 and #2, employed by a construction company, were performing exterior carpentry as part of a new road construction project. They were working under an elevated portion of the road. As the shoring system (falsework) under the elevated road was being removed, the suspension system (Dywidag rods and couplers or equivalent) providing support for steel I-beams and wood falsework collapsed and partially fell to the ground below, striking Employees #1 and #2. Emergency services were called. Employee #1 was pronounced dead on the scene, fatally crushed by falling steel beams. Employee #2 was transported to the hospital, admitted, and treated for a serious unspecified fracture.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HIGHWAY, STEEL BEAM, COLLAPSE, CARPENTER, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, SHORING, STRUCK BY

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over		40	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	317173235			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure
2	317173235			Fatality	Fracture	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure

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