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Accident Summary Nr: 14528061 - EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY FALLING SCAFFOLD UPRIGHTS

Accident Summary Nr: 14528061 -- Report ID: 0419400 -- Event Date: 10/22/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101254803	10/13/1987	3731	0	Huntington Ingalls Incorporated

Abstract: AROUND 12:30 PM ON OCTOBER 22, 1987, SEVERAL EMPLOYEES WERE UNLOADING STEEL SCAFFOLD UPRIGHTS FROM A TRACTOR TRAILER. THE TRUCK DRIVER AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE REMOVED AND ROLLED UP NYLON STRAPS THAT SECURED THE LOAD ON THE TRAILER. AT THE SAME TIME, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS LOWERING THE LANDING GEAR ON THE TRAILER. THE TRUCK DRIVER AND OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE ENGAGED IN HORSEPLAY. EMPLOYEE #2 WALKED OVER TO EMPLOYEE #1 TO HELP HIM WITH THE LANDING GEAR. THE TRUCK DRIVER THEN JUMPED BACK INTO THE TRUCK TO LEAVE THE AREA. THE TRUCK MOTOR WAS RUNNING. THE TRUCK DRIVER HIT THE GEAR LEVER, CAUSING THE TRUCK TO JERK. THREE SCAFFOLD UPRIGHTS FELL FROM THE TRAILER AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1, WHO LATER DIED OF CHEST INJURIES. ONE OF THE THREE SCAFFOLD UPRIGHTS ALSO STRUCK EMPLOYEE #2 ON THE LEFT FOOT, INJURING TWO TOES. EMPLOYEE #2 WAS TREATED AT A DOCTOR'S OFFICE AND RELEASED.

Keywords: CHEST, WORK RULES, STRUCK BY, TOE, TRAILER, FALLING OBJECT, HORSEPLAY, FOOT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101254803			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported
2	101254803			Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Occupation not reported

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