Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201310430 - Employee Crushed And Killed Under Falling Steel Plate

Accident Summary Nr: 201310430 -- Report ID: 0213400 -- Event Date: 03/25/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303279186	03/29/2000	3441	0	Tri-State Metal & Welding Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was crushed by nine 1-ft by 8-ft sections of steel plates weighing 60 pounds each when his working bench tipped towards him knocking him to the ground causing all nine plates to fall on him. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: STEEL PLATE, CRUSHED

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	4		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303279186			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing metal siding Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over by construction equipment during

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