Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 166692.015 - Employee is killed after blunt force head trauma from alloy

Accident Summary Nr: 166692.015 -- Report ID: 0454711 -- Event Date: 04/18/2024
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1749105.015	05/16/2024		423510	Southern Steel Supply, Llc

Abstract: At 9:40 p.m. on April 18, 2024, the employee was maneuvering a double-leg chain sling into position to lift 20-foot-long steel tubing for an order. It is unclear whether the hook or the tubing became caught on an I-beam located beneath the stack of steel tubing, which caused tension that stretched the throat of the hook, releasing it and projecting it upward to strike the employee in the head, or if the hook was already stretched before the lifting began. The employee sustained blunt force head trauma and was killed.

Keywords: Attachment Hook, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Head, Struck By

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1749105.015	42	M	Fatality		Crane Operator

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