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Accident Summary Nr: 14486708 - 3 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEES INJURED WHEN STEEL FELL FROM SLING

Accident Summary Nr: 14486708 -- Report ID: 0215600 -- Event Date: 02/10/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106179435	02/10/1988	1542	0	Steel Structures Erection Inc.

Abstract: EMPLOYEES #1, #2, AND #3 WERE INJURED WHILE WORKING ON THE 16TH FLOOR OF A SKELETON STEEL STRUCTURE. A CHERRY PICKER ON THE 18TH FLOOR WAS USING A 1/2 INCH SLING TO LIFT ABOUT 700 POUNDS OF STEEL FLASHING. THE FLASHING SLIPPED OUT OF THE SLING BEFORE IT REACHED THE 18TH FLOOR AND FELL ONTO THE THREE EMPLYEES. THEY SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THEIR NECKS, ARMS AND LEGS. TWO OF THE EMPLOYEES WERE PART OF A RAISING GANG AND THE OTHER WAS PART OF THE PLUMBING GANG.

Keywords: STEEL, UNSECURED, CONSTRUCTION, STEEL ERECTION, NECK, STRUCK BY, ARM, SLING, FALLING OBJECT, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	106179435	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
2	106179435	Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
3	106179435	Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported

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