Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 143642.015 - Employee fractures legs when caught between trailer and beam

Accident Summary Nr: 143642.015 -- Report ID: 0627700 -- Event Date: 01/31/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1577688.015	02/09/2022		332312	Bennett Steel, Inc.

Abstract: At 11:15 p.m. on January 31, 2022, an employee was attaching a vertical plate clamp (cat head) to a steel beam in order to rotate the beam and allow a coworker to paint the underside. As the coworker walked to the end of the beam, he felt the beam brush the back of his legs. The coworker turned around and found the employee on the ground, pinned against a flatbed trailer loaded more steel beams. The beam that was being lifted was laying on the employee's legs. The employee incurred multiple fractures to both legs and required hospitalization.

Keywords: Falling Object, Fracture, Inexperience, Insufficient Supervision, Lack of Work Procedures, Leg, Material Handling, Painter, Pinned, Steel Beam, Supervision, Trailer, Unstable Load, Unstable Position

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1577688.015	50	M	Hospitalized injury		Freight, stock and material handlers, n.e.c.

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