Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170614978 - Employee injured when struck by falling beam

Accident Summary Nr: 170614978 -- Report ID: 0950623 -- Event Date: 06/03/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120174701	06/12/1996	1622	0	J F Shea Co Inc

Abstract: Employee #1, who worked for a general engineering contractor, was the foreman at a site where the company was installing a walkway across a dam. He was using a Porta Power jack to lower a metal beam when the weight of the beam caused the jack to tilt sideways. The beam fell approximately 12 to 14 in. onto Employee #1, who could not move because his safety belt was caught under it. He suffered pulled muscles and a possible cracked vertebra.

Keywords: BEAM, INSTALLING, LOAD SHIFT, OVERLOADED, SAFETY BELT, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, JACK, VERTEBRA

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120174701			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Supervisors, n.e.c.

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