Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200672004 - Employee killed when struck by falling load of rebar

Accident Summary Nr: 200672004 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 07/30/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301887253	08/02/1999	3499	0	Pilot Steel, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was working at a radius bending machine when a forklift loaded with bundles of rebar backed over a block of wood that was lying in the roadway of the bending bay. The bump was enough to jar loose two of the rebar bundles, which fell off the raised forks and struck Employee #1 on the head. He was killed.

Keywords: HEAD, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, MECH MAT HANDLING, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, HOUSEKEEPING, WORK SURFACE, BACKING UP

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	301887253			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported

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