Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14567333 - Employee injured when caught between steel plates

Accident Summary Nr: 14567333 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 04/17/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111007811	04/20/1990	3441	0	Kline Iron And Steel Co., Inc., Huger Street Plant

Abstract: Employee #1 was using an overhead crane to lift a piece of 3/8 in. thick plate from a storage rack. He was located between the piece he was lifting and a bundle of 1/2 in. plate that weighed in excess of half a ton. Because it was placed improperly in the rack, the 1/2 in. plate shifted, striking Employee #1 and pinning him against the 3/8 in. plate. Employee #1 suffered several fractured ribs and a lacerated liver. The plate sizes were 5 ft by 10 ft 1/2 in. steel and 5 ft by 10 ft 3/8 in. steel.

Keywords: FRACTURE, PINNED, WORK RULES, LOAD SHIFT, LIVER, LACERATION, RIB, STRUCK BY, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111007811			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Welders and cutters

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