Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 552018 - STEEL WORKER PINNED, CRUSHED BY 3,740-POUND STEEL BAR

Accident Summary Nr: 552018 -- Report ID: 0627410 -- Event Date: 06/27/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107402232	06/29/1992	3312	0	Border Steel, Inc.

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 AND OTHER EMPLOYEES IN A STEEL FABRICATION AREA WERE USING AN OVERHEAD CRANE CONTROLLED BY AN EMPLOYEE ON THE FLOOR TO MOVE STEEL BUNDLES. THE EMPLOYEES PLACED A SPREADER BAR WEIGHING 3,740 POUNDS IN A VERTICAL POSITION ATOP THE STEEL REBAR BUNDLES. THE SPREADER BAR SLID OFF THE BUNDLES AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1, PINNING HIM TO THE FLOOR. THE CRANE WAS USED TO REMOVE THE BAR AND EMPLOYEE #1 WAS TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL BY EMERGENCY PERSONNEL. HE UNDERWENT EMERGENCY SURGERY TO MINIMIZE THE INTERNAL INJURIES CAUSED BY THE CRUSHING OF HIS ABDOMEN, BUT DID NOT SURVIVE.

Keywords: ABDOMEN, PINNED, CRUSHED, SPREADER BAR

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	107402232			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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