Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14238885 - Employee's knee fractured when struck by steel tube

Accident Summary Nr: 14238885 -- Report ID: 0953210 -- Event Date: 05/15/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111175345	06/25/1990	5051	0	Pitt - Demames Steel, Inc.

Abstract: On May 15, 1990, Employee #1 was on the bed of a 40 ft flatbed trailer, prying 40 ft lengths of 3 in. by 4 in. rectangular steel tubing toward the center of the bed. As Employee #1 was prying the steel at the front of the trailer, the rear of the load fell from the trailer, knocking him from the trailer bed to the concrete floor. A rectangular tube fell across his right leg, fracturing his knee. Employee #1 was hospitalized for two days. A stake should have been placed at the front and rear of the trailer, but the stake at the rear was missing. Employee #1 had been assigned to train other employees on this shift and apparently had failed to ensure that a trainee had placed the proper number of stakes.

Keywords: KNEE, FRACTURE, STEEL TUBE, WORK RULES, LOAD SHIFT, STAKES, FALL, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, FLATBED TRUCK

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111175345			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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