Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 606558 - Employee crushed by falling ice and coils

Accident Summary Nr: 606558 -- Report ID: 0418400 -- Event Date: 05/01/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102733771	05/02/1990	2097	0	South Georgia Ice Company

Abstract: Employee #1 and a coworker were chipping/removing 10 to 16 inches of ice that had built up on the brine cooling coils in a block ice storage room. When the ice and coils collapsed, they fell on top of Employee #1. He sustained a broken neck, back, pelvis, and right leg, and a compound fracture of the left ankle. Employee #1 was pronounced dead at the scene. The coworker was not injured. The ice storage room was approximately 25 by 37 feet. The coils were suspended overhead and supported by a schedule 80, 7 inch pipe structure, which was secured to the ceiling timbers.

Keywords: FRACTURE, COLLAPSE, STORAGE ROOM, BACK, CRUSHED, NECK, FALLING OBJECT, ANKLE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	102733771			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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