Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14495949 - Employee dies when crushed by falling steel beams

Accident Summary Nr: 14495949 -- Report ID: 0627700 -- Event Date: 09/15/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
108864430	01/25/1995	2421	0	Weyerhaeuser
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
108863408	01/25/1995	1771	0	Jk Construction Co. Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
108864463	02/22/1995	3441	0	W & W Steel Company
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
108863390	02/23/1995	4213	0	Barbour Trucking Company, Inc.

Abstract: On September 15, 1994, Employee #1, who was employed by an over-the-road trucking firm that had contracted to transport steel products to a construction site, drove his truck tractor to a steel fabricator's trailer holding yard. He connected it to a 40 ft flatbed semi-trailer upon which structural I-beams and guardrails had been loaded. He secured the load to the trailer and began the trip to a construction site about 200 miles away. He had to stop during the trip to change and adjust the chains and straps that secured the load. When he arrived at the destination, he began removing the chains and straps even though he had been warned that the load was leaning and that the straps should be left on until the load could be supported by a forklift. Employee #1 ignored this advice and removed and/or unhooked all the chains and straps that secured the rear part of the load. Shortly after the employee unhooked the last straps, part of the load fell on him and killed him.

Keywords: STEEL BEAM, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, LOAD SHIFT, TRUCK DRIVER, CRUSHED, FALLING OBJECT, FLATBED TRUCK, UNSTABLE LOAD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	108864430			Occupation Not Listed
2	108863408			Occupation Not Listed
3	108864463			Occupation Not Listed
4	108863390	Fatality	Puncture	Occupation not reported

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