Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170100895 - Employee killed when struck by pallets of sheet metal

Accident Summary Nr: 170100895 -- Report ID: 1055320 -- Event Date: 10/23/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300901287	10/26/1998	3499	0	Charles Wiemeyer Design Co

Abstract: Employee #1 was putting supplies into a storage cabinet approximately 4 ft from some sawhorses on which three pallets of sheet metal were stacked. The pallets fell off the horses and onto Employee #1. His lower legs were pinned beneath the sheet metal and were amputated. His body was also caught between the sheet metal and cabinet and he suffered lacerations to his stomach and colon. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, UNSECURED, PINNED, CAUGHT BETWEEN, LACERATION, PALLET, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, LEG, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300901287			Fatality	Amputation	Occupation not reported

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