Accident Report Detail

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 200010049 - Iron Worker Asphyxiated Between Beam And Lift Controls

**Accident: 200010049 -- Report ID: 0729300 -- Event Date: 04/09/1996**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
106694532	04/15/1996	1791	Viking Steel Erection Co., Inc.

Employee #1, an iron worker, was moving his aerial lift basket backward when he struck an overhead iron beam. He became caught between the beam and the basket lift controls, and died of asphyxia.

Keywords: steel beam, asphyxiated, iron worker, struck against, construction, caught between, aerial lift

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	106694532			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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