Fatality Narrative: Carpenter/Pile Driver Struck by Falling “Strong-Back”

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• Corporate Authors:
  Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
• Description:
  On December, 12, 2006, a carpenter/pile driver was struck and killed by a falling beam. The 26-year-old victim, a journeyman carpenter/pile driver, had been employed for the previous two months with a construction contractor. The victim was working at a jobsite to remove shoring that had been put into place during the excavation for two new digesters being built at a wastewater treatment plant. The job site supervisor instructed the victim to remove two steel 1,850 lb. horizontal beams, also known as "strongbacks," from a steel sheet pile wall. The strongbacks to be removed were the bottom row of three rows on the 30' high by 45' long steel wall and were about 3 feet from the ground, where the victim was working. The victim was working alone, using an oxy-acetylene torch to cut the gussets on the strongback in order to remove it from the wall. When he cut the last gusset, the strongback fell 3 feet, striking his head and pinning him to the ground. Emergency personnel were called and he was declared dead at the scene. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Construction Industry Construction Materials Education Mortality Occupational Health Safety Staff Development Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Accident Prevention Construction Construction Equipment Construction Industry Construction Materials Construction Workers Demolition Industry Fatalities Hazards Safety Education Safety Measures Safety Practices Training Traumatic Injuries Work Environment Workers Worker Safety Work Zone

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• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Publisher:
  Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
• 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:20051715
• Citation:
  Olympia, WA: Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, 71-66-2007, 2007 Dec; :1
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2008
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Fatality narrative: carpenter/pile driver struck by falling "strong-back"
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:646a52ba2660f3487b1f087ad599e295c8b74b873a683e0479076f5739a571f6419bae7c1b38d386e6920376a2258e3ddfdfaee770753bb288b191c6f4ee18f7
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/228807/cdc_228807_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 56.49 KB ]