Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202064051 - Employee killed when caught between steel coils

Accident Summary Nr: 202064051 -- Report ID: 0420100 -- Event Date: 06/15/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301504858	06/17/1999	4491	0	Jit Terminal, Inc.

Abstract: On June 15, 1999, Employee #1 placed a large steel coil, weighing approximately 30,000 pounds, on the top row or third tier using an overhead bridge crane with a 25 ton rating and a coil grabber with a capacity of 40,000 pounds. The placement of the top coil caused the unsecured coil on the bottom row and the second tier coil to shift and collapse onto the warehouse floor. Employee #1 was pinned between a coil from the row that he had been working on and an adjacent row of coils and killed.

Keywords: PIN, PINNED, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, OVERHEAD CRANE, CRANE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	301504858			Fatality	Other	Crane and tower operators

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