Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 121419.015 - Employee is struck and killed by roll of coiled steel wire

Accident Summary Nr: 121419.015 -- Report ID: 0418400 -- Event Date: 11/01/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1442899.015	11/01/2019		493110	Shinsho American Corporation

Abstract: At 3:30 p.m. on November 1, 2019, an employee was working for a firm that distributed bearing steel products and carbon and alloy steel products for hand tools and other applications. She was operating a forklift in a warehouse. She was removing wrapping materials in preparation of placing a roll of coiled steel wire on a top hat tilt table. She got off the forklift to perform some unknown task, when a steel coil weighing 1,890 kilograms (4,170 pounds) fell onto her. She sustained injuries to her back as well as internal trauma and asphyxiation. She was killed.

Keywords: Asphyxiated, Back, Falling Object, Ind Trk Operator, Industrial Truck, Steel, Struck By, Traumatic, Warehouse

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1442899.015	31	F	Fatality		Freight, stock and material handlers, n.e.c.

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