Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14274229 - Employee crushed to death by falling steel beams

Accident Summary Nr: 14274229 -- Report ID: 0111100 -- Event Date: 01/31/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102750536	02/19/1991	1542	0	Erik N. Sorenson Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was standing on top of a load of structural steel on a flatbed trailer. When the employer tried to move an I-beam with a backhoe bucket, he dislodged two 4-ton beams, which fell and struck Employee #1, knocking him to the ground. Employee #1 was crushed to death.

Keywords: STEEL BEAM, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, FALL, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	102750536			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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