Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170247340 - Employee breaks back when pinned by beams

Accident Summary Nr: 170247340 -- Report ID: 1055350 -- Event Date: 02/08/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
115482606	02/08/1995	1791	0	Canam Steel Corp Dba Sun Steel Buildings Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 was kneeling and using a hand-held tensioning device to band four beams together. He was positioned near the center of the beams. The beams were unsecured and fell onto Employee #1. He was hospitalized with a broken back.

Keywords: BEAM, FRACTURE, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, BACK, MANUAL MAT HANDLING, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	115482606			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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