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Accident Summary Nr: 122681.015 - Employee fractures leg when pinned between steel sheet and w

Accident Summary Nr: 122681.015 -- Report ID: 0522500 -- Event Date: 12/12/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1452427.015	12/20/2019		237990	Pierson Construction, Inc.

Abstract: At 9:45 a.m. on December 12, 2019, an employee working for a civil engineering contractor was working was working inside a silo. The employee was helping guide a piece of sheet metal from a load of steel sheeting for attachment overhead. The sheet metal was attached to a crane leaning against the silo wall. The employee and a coworker were standing in front of the sheet metal attempting to guide it by hand. The employee was standing between the sheet metal and the manlift. When the sheet metal was lifted with the crane, it swung faster than expected and pinned the employee between the sheet metal and one of the manlift tires. The employee fractured his right leg, requiring hospitalization.

Keywords: Aerial Lift, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Caught Between, Construction, Crane, Crane Load, Crushed, Flying Object, Fracture, Leg, Metal, Pinned, Sheet Metal, Silo, Steel, Struck By, Tire, Unstable Load, Unstable Position, Wheel

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1452427.015	23	M	Hospitalized injury		Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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