OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221458508
75220 - SPIRIT CONSTRUCTION SERVICES INC
ANDERSON, SC·
Event description
Employee is killed when struck by falling steel girder
Investigation abstract
At 3:00 p.m. on November 4, 2021, an employee worked to splice a connection between two steel girders to create a single girder, each girder was seventy-six feet long and weighed approximately 23,000 pounds. The girders were placed on top of wood cribbing and standing upright as the employee began to splice the connection. At some point, the wood cribbing failed and the steel girder fell onto and killed the employee.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 35 M
- Event type
- 1
- Occupation code
- 999
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