Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200103364 - Employee Is Injured When Struck by Boom

Accident Summary Nr: 200103364 -- Report ID: 0522300 -- Event Date: 01/31/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311472112	02/06/2008	3316	331221	Republic Engineered Products

Abstract: On February 6, 2008, Employee #1, working for Republic Engineered Products, was lowering a boom into a rack on a spreader beam. Employee #1 had crawled underneath the spreader beam to hook the load. While Employee #1 was hooking the 1,926 pound. spreader, the bar came down onto Employee # 1's back, causing multiple rib fractures, breaking his spine, and collapsing his lung. The employee was hospitalized and later placed in a drug induced coma.

Keywords: FRACTURE, LUNG, SPINE, BACK, TRUCK, RIB, STRUCK BY, TRUCK BOOM, SPREADER BAR

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	311472112			Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported

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