OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221516370

RYAN CONSTRUCTION, INC.

CEDAR LAKE, IN— 2022-11-25T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Construction, Equipment Failure, Excavator, Jib Crane, Steel, Steel Column, Struck By
NAICS: 236220
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346359680
Employer profile: RYAN CONSTRUCTION, INC.
Summary number: 221516370
Report ID: 0551800
Project type: A
Construction end-use: O

Event description

Employee is killed when struck by structural steel

Investigation abstract

At 10:32 a.m. on November 25, 2022, an employee was holding the tagline for a piece of structural steel with switches installed that was suspended 4 to 6 feet horizontally in the air to be placed on two steel columns. The steel was being lifted by a Caterpillar 329 excavator with a Kenco jib assembly. While the 18 by 9-foot horizontal piece of steel was suspended from the ground, the jib assembly broke away from the excavator. The employee was struck by the steel. The employee died due to blunt force trauma.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 37 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
213

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