Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14510812 - STRUCK BY FLYING STEEL STRANDS

Accident Summary Nr: 14510812 -- Report ID: 0625400 -- Event Date: 10/08/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
693424	10/09/1984	3272	0	Helden Fels Brothers Inc

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING WITH PART OF HIS BODY OVER PRE-STRESSED AND DEFLECTED STEEL STRANDS ON A PRE-STRESSED CONCRETE BEAM MANFACTURING LINE. AN ATTACHMENT DEVICE HOLDING THE DEFLECTED STRANDS RELEASED, ALLOWING THE STRANDS TO ACT LIKE A GIANT BOW STRING. THE FLYING STRANDS STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE IN THE MOUTH AND CUT HIS HEAD IN TWO.

Keywords: SEVERED, HEAD, METAL WIRE, STEEL, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	693424			Fatality	Amputation	Occupation not reported

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