Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 142508.015 - Employee fractures ribs when crushed by fiberglass dome

Accident Summary Nr: 142508.015 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 12/17/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1571275.015	01/06/2022		325211	Showcor Corporation

Abstract: At 8:45 p.m. on December 17, 2021, an employee, a laborer, was watching a coworker while he was sanding a fiberglass dome that was 6 feet wide by 10 feet in diameter and 1150 pounds. The dome was not secured to the assembly cart and as the coworker was sanding inside the dome, it fell off the cart. The employee tried to escape to the opening space between the dome and another completed fiberglass tank but got crushed. The employee was hospitalized to treat four fractured ribs and a punctured lung.

Keywords: Assembling, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Falling Object, Fracture, Lung, Puncture, Rib, Sanding Machine, Struck By, Tank

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1571275.015	42	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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