Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 692749 - EMPLOYEE STRUCK IN CHEST BY SHIFTING HEAVY LOAD

Accident Summary Nr: 692749 -- Report ID: 0355112 -- Event Date: 08/14/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
3301389	08/14/1985	1541	0	Beck Construction Company

Abstract: AT APPROXIMATELY 10 AM ON AUGUST 14, 1985, EMPLOYEE #1, WHO WORKED FOR THE B. E. & K. CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, WAS LOCATED ON THE FOURTH FLOOR, NORTH SIDE OF THE DISTRIBUTION BUILDING. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO RAISE A THREE SQUARE FOOT, 136 INCH LONG STEEL DISTRIBUTION CHUTE INTO PLACE. APPARENTLY THE DISTRIBUTION CHUTE PIVOTED WHILE IT WAS BEING LIFTED AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1 IN THE CHEST. HE SUFFERED UNKNOWN INTERNAL INJURIES AND DIED. THE DISTRIBUTION CHUTE IS BELIEVED TO HAVE WEIGHED ABOUT 1,000 POUNDS.

Keywords: CHEST, CONSTRUCTION, MANUAL MAT HANDLING, STRUCK BY, UNSTABLE LOAD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	3301389			Fatality	Other	Millwrights

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