Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14519482 - STRUCK BY FALLING METAL WORKPIECE

Accident Summary Nr: 14519482 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 03/01/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101804623	03/04/1986	3731	0	S B A Shipyard Inc

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1, A SHIPFITTER WORKING WITH THREE OTHER SHIPYARD EMPLOYEES, WAS INSTALLING PIPE STANTION CRIBBING SUPPORTS ON THE FLOOR OF A GRAVING DOCK. THE SUPPORTS CONSISTED OF THREE 10 INCH DIAMETER PIPES, 5 FEET HIGH AND WEIGHING 700 POUNDS. THE ENTIRE UNIT WAS SUPPORTED BY TWO COME-A-LONGS, ONE ON EACH SIDE, ATTACHED TO PAD EYES. THE WELD HOLDING ONE OF THE PAD EYES BROKE LOOSE, ALLOWING THE UNIT TO TOPPLE OVER. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STRUCK ACROSS THE BACK OF HIS NECK AND RECIEVED FATAL INJURIES.

Keywords: UNSECURED, BROKEN WELD, NECK, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101804623			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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