Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201760659 - Employee Impaled by Steel

Accident Summary Nr: 201760659 -- Report ID: 0626600 -- Event Date: 09/03/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301313417	09/04/1998	3312	0	Nucor Steel Inc

Abstract: At 11:00 a.m. on August 16, 1998, Employee #1 positioned himself between a stairway and two large hydraulic cylinders of a roll table. He squeezed into a 10 inch space to see what was happening at the roll line. The counting sensor shorted a bundle of steel causing the steel bundle to move forward into the abdomen of Employee #1 resulting in his death.

Keywords: STEEL, IMPALED, LOCKOUT, CRUSHED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	301313417			Fatality	Puncture	Sheet metal workers

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