Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170382097 - Employee's leg fractured by falling metal tube

Accident Summary Nr: 170382097 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 10/18/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125958983	02/16/1996	5051	0	Crest Steel Corporation

Abstract: Employee #1 was filling a customer's order for square metal tubing. The tubing loads were secured by metal bands and were stacked, unconfined, to a height of 6 ft. Employee #1 was standing on one stack of tubing to cut the metal bands on an adjacent stack. The load had three metal bands and as he cut the last one, the load became unstable and a tube fell. Employee #1 tried to get out of the way, but it struck his left leg. He sustained fractures of his left tibia and fibula, and subsequently underwent corrective surgery.

Keywords: FRACTURE, TIBIA, UNSECURED, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, LEG, UNSTABLE LOAD, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125958983			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Laborers, except construction

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