Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 639872 - One employee killed, another injured when struck by beam

Accident Summary Nr: 639872 -- Report ID: 0213900 -- Event Date: 08/13/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100860667	08/13/1987	1791	0	Rise Steel Erectors

Abstract: Employees #1 and #2, iron workers, were sitting on an I-beam waiting to receive a load of I-beams to connect them. The number of beams on the crane's load line exceeded the permissible limits, causing the crane to tip over. The beams on the level line struck the beam that the employees were sitting on and cut the lower portion of Employee #1's body in two. He was killed. Employee #2 fell, sustained fractured ribs, and was hospitalized.

Keywords: BEAM, AMPUTATED, IRON WORKER, WORK RULES, OVERLOADED, SUSPENDED LOAD, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, CRANE, OVERTURN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100860667			Fatality	Amputation	Occupation not reported
2	100860667			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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