Fatality Narrative: Foreman Killed When Collapsing Steel Columns Knock over Boom Lift

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• Corporate Authors:
  Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
• Description:
  On June 20, 2008, a crew foreman working from an elevated boom lift died when two steel columns tipped over, striking the lift and knocking it over. The 34-year-old foreman worked for 15 years for a company that constructs commercial and industrial buildings. He was supervising a steel erection crew at a job site where a manufacturing facility was being built. The crew was erecting a line of 40-foot tall columns equipped with crane rail sections and upper girders. At the time of the incident the victim was working from the basket of a raised boom lift waiting for a crane operator to set a steel roof truss so that he could weld it in place. Two of the columns and the attached crane rails and girders tipped over, hitting the victim's boom lift, knocking it to the concrete floor. The victim sustained head injuries and died at the scene. An investigation determined that no bracing or guying was used to support the collapsed column and crane rail structure. Description provided by NIOSH
• Subjects:
  • Accident Prevention
  • Accidents
  • Accidents, Occupational
  • Construction Industry
  • Construction Materials
  • Education
  • Mortality
  • Occupational Health
  • Safety
  • Staff Development
  More +
• Keywords:
  • Workers
  • Work environment
  • Construction
  • Construction equipment
  • Construction workers
  • Construction materials
  • Fatalities
  • Traumatic injuries
  • Safety
  • Education
  More +
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 10 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20051672
• Citation:
  Olympia, WA: Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, 71-88-2009, 2009 Dec; :1
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2010
• Performing Organization:
  Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Fatality narrative: foreman killed when collapsing steel columns knock over boom lift
• End Date:
  20260630
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/228785/cdc_228785_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 64.42 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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