Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 709113 - EMPLOYEE STRUCK IN KNEE BY A-FRAME CENTER BEAM

Accident Summary Nr: 709113 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 02/27/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102086642	02/28/1986	1541	0	Daniel Construction Company

Abstract: ON FEBRUARY 27, 1986, AT APPROXIMATELY 4:20 PM, EMPLOYEE #1 AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE SETTING UP A MOBILE "A" FRAME. THEY INTENDED TO MOVE A COMPRESSOR. THE LEGS OF THE A FRAME WERE HELD TOGETHER WITH BRACES. TWO LEGS HAD BEEN BOLTED TOGETHER AND THE EMPLOYEES WERE TRYING TO BOLT THE OTHER TWO LEGS TOGETHER. BEFORE THE EMPLOYEES COULD GET BOLTS INTO THE BRACES, THE LEGS SPREAD APART, ALLOWING THE CENTER BEAM TO FALL. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STRUCK ON THE KNEE BY THE FALLING BEAM. HE SUFFERED A BROKEN KNEE AND WAS HOSPITALIZED.

Keywords: KNEE, FRACTURE, UNSECURED, CONSTRUCTION, BRACE, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	102086642			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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