Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170186449 - Employee's leg fractured when struck by beam

Accident Summary Nr: 170186449 -- Report ID: 0950635 -- Event Date: 03/17/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
112087630	03/19/1992	1791	0	Steg Mfg Co

Abstract: At approximately 9:00 a.m. on March 17, 1992, Employee #1 was standing on the flatbed of a truck unloading steel beams. The crane malfunctioned and the load cable wrapped at one end of the drum, allowing a beam to fall. The beam struck Employee #1 and knocked him from the truck bed 6 ft to the ground. He suffered fractures of his left leg.

Keywords: FRACTURE, STEEL BEAM, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, OFF LOADING, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, FLATBED TRUCK, MECH MALFUNCTION, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	112087630			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Sheetmetal duct installers

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