Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201115011 - Employee's toes crushed and amputated by collapse of H-beam

Accident Summary Nr: 201115011 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 10/02/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120316872	12/10/2002	1629	0	Tl Pavlich Construction

Abstract: At approximately 3:15 p.m. on October 02, 2002, Employee #1 of T. L. Pavlich Construction was cutting the 14-in. H-beam in the trench, which was 12-feet wide, 44-ft long, and 30-ft deep. The procedure for removing the beam is for it to be suspended before cutting is initiated. After he finished the first cut of the horizontal H-beam without support from the crane, the beam collapsed and crushed his left foot. Employee #1 was hospitalized where all five toes of his left foot were amputated.

Keywords: BEAM, AMPUTATED, CONSTRUCTION, CRANE LIFTING BEAM, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, TOE, FOOT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	120316872			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Truck drivers, heavy	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure

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