Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14187041 - Employee killed when struck by falling hoist load

Accident Summary Nr: 14187041 -- Report ID: 0316700 -- Event Date: 04/28/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
768937	04/29/1987	2452	0	Excel Homes, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 and a coworker built a 14-ft by 46-ft wooden floor for a modular home. They then attached a lifting device and raised the floor. The two employees left the hoist controls with the load suspended and, with Employee's #1 back to it, they started to build another floor. The lifting device broke at one end, causing the floor to shift and to strike Employee #1 in the back. He died of a severed spinal cord.

Keywords: SEVERED, HOISTING MECHANISM, SPINE, WORK RULES, LOAD SHIFT, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, BACK, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, VERTEBRA

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	768937			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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