Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200011963 - Falling Steel Plate Strikes And Kills Employee

Accident Summary Nr: 200011963 -- Report ID: 0729300 -- Event Date: 01/02/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307267070	01/02/2004	3443	332313	Continental Fabricators Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was installing a tube sheet into a steel cylinder which is part of the process of constructing a steel pressurized tank. The tube sheet was being lowered into the open steel cylinder by an overhead crane. Employee #1 encountered some difficulty lowering the tube plate into the cylinder and attempted to adjust the sling rigging, which caused the load to shift and fall. Employee #1 suffered a fatal injury when he was struck by the falling tube plate.

Keywords: STEEL PLATE, STRUCK BY, SLING, FALLING OBJECT, CRANE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	307267070			Fatality	Other	Boilermakers

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