Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201799111 - Employee Fractures Leg When Struck by Steel Tubes

Accident Summary Nr: 201799111 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 08/24/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301333118	09/09/2004	5051	423510	Totten Tubes Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 8.30 a.m. on August 23, 2004, an employee worked for Totten Tubes Inc., a company engaged in steel fabrication. The company was located in Azusa, California. The employee worked inside a warehouse, and cut metal straps as he unloaded rectangular steel tubes from the bed of a parked truck. As he cut the last metal strap on a bundle of steel tubes, several tubes weighing approximately 2,000 lbs fell from the bundle and struck his left leg, resulting in a compound fracture. He was hospitalized for three days at USC Medical Center and seven days at Cedars Sinai Hospital. He was wearing steel toe shoes.

Keywords: FRACTURE, STEEL TUBE, WAREHOUSE, TRUCK, MANUAL MAT HANDLING, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	301333118			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Freight, stock and material handlers, n.e.c.

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