Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201761723 - Employee killed when struck by tension chain boomer

Accident Summary Nr: 201761723 -- Report ID: 0626600 -- Event Date: 09/21/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304510035	09/25/2002	5031	0	Mccauley Lumber Company

Abstract: Employee #1 was unloading a shipment of lumber from the bed of his delivery truck. He was releasing the tension from the chain that banded a load of lumber when the handle on the boomer flew up and struck him in the neck. Employee #1 sustained serious lacerations and was transported to a nearby hospital where he died the following day.

Keywords: LACERATION, LUMBER, TRUCK, LOAD BINDER, NECK, OFF LOADING, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	304510035			Fatality	Cut/Laceration	Truck drivers, heavy

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