Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14386791 - Employee crushed, asphyxiated, and killed by steel I-beam

Accident Summary Nr: 14386791 -- Report ID: 0521700 -- Event Date: 04/27/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
103207775	05/01/1990	1795	0	Florida Crushed Stone

Abstract: At approximately 1:40 p.m. on April 27, 1990, Employee #1 was working at a dock storage area dismantling steel beams on an electrical buss cans. He used a cutting torch to remove the braces from the I-beam but positioned himself under the beam without securing the beam from falling on him. When the final cut was completed, the beam fell, pinning him and crushing his rib cage into his knees. Employee #1 died of asphyxia.

Keywords: STEEL BEAM, ASPHYXIATED, DISMANTLING, UNSECURED, PINNED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	103207775			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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