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Accident Summary Nr: 14490353 - CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY FALLING JOISTS

Accident Summary Nr: 14490353 -- Report ID: 0215800 -- Event Date: 01/12/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100179506	01/13/1987	1542	0	The Hayner Hoyt Corp.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100179514	01/13/1987	1791	0	Michael Hughes & Sons Inc.

Abstract: EMPLOYEES #1 AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE IN THE PROCESS OF UNLOADING BUNDLES OF STEEL BAR JOISTS FROM A FLATBED TRAILER, USING SLINGS AND A HYDRAULIC CRANE. THE EMPLOYEES HOOKED ONTO THE TOP TWO TIERS OF BUNDLES OF BAR JOIST AND USED THE CRANE TO SWING THE LOAD OFF THE TRAILER. PART OF THE LOAD CONSISTED OF A THREE PIECE BUNDLE OF JOISTS TIPPED ONTO ITS SIDE AND RESTING IN A BALANCED POSITION ON THE TRAILER. EMPLOYEE #1 STARTED WALKING FROM THE REAR OF THE TRAILER TOWARD HIS PARTNER, WHO WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TRAILER. EMPLOYEE #1 STEPPED ON THE OUTSIDE EDGE OF THE BUNDLE OF BAR JOISTS WHICH WAS LOADED ON ITS SIDE. WEIGHT OF EMPLOYEE CAUSED BUNDLE OF BAR JOIST TO BECOME UNBALANCED AND FALL FROM THE TRAILER. EMPLOYEE #1, WHO ALSO LOST HIS BALANCE, APPARENTLY GRABBED ONTO ANOTHER BUNDLE OF BAR JOISTS, CAUSING THAT BUNDLE TO ROLL OFF THE TRAILER ONTO EMPLOYEE #1, WHO HAD FALLEN TO THE GROUND. EMPLOYEE #1 RECEIVED A FATAL HEAD INJURY.

Keywords: HEAD, LOST BALANCE, JOIST, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, STRUCK BY, TRAILER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100179506					Occupation Not Listed
2	100179514			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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