Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170843825 - Employee injured when pinned by stack of steel plates

Accident Summary Nr: 170843825 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 08/18/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125594168	09/01/1999	3537	0	Reliance Trailer Mfg, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1, a steel fabricator, was retrieving a steel plate from a rack where the plates were stored vertically. The plates, which ranged in thickness from 3/16 to 5/8 in., were smaller than 4 ft by 8 ft, and each weighed between 600 and 800 lb. Employee #1 was tilting the top sheet to access another one when the plates shifted and fell, pinning him to the floor. He suffered back and knee injuries on the right side of his body. The plates of steel should have been on a rack with uprights placed to keep them from falling. The employer was cited for a serious accident-related violation.

Keywords: KNEE, STEEL PLATE, UNSECURED, PINNED, WORK RULES, BACK, CAUGHT BETWEEN, STORAGE RACK

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125594168			Hospitalized injury	Dislocation	Welders and cutters

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