Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 732537 - EMPLOYEE STRUCK AND KILLED BY PERSONNEL HOIST COUNTERWEIGHT

Accident Summary Nr: 732537 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 04/24/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
105417398	04/27/1987	1522	0	Commercial Builders Of Kansas

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1, A PERSONNEL HOIST OPERATOR, DROPPED A PACK OF CIGARETTES UNDER THE HOIST AND ATTEMPTED TO RETRIEVE THEM. WHILE HE WAS UNDER THE HOIST THE COUNTERWEIGHT DESCENDED AND STRUCK HIM, CRUSHING HIS CHEST AND KILLING HIM.

Keywords: CHEST, COUNTERBALANCE, WORK RULES, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	105417398			Fatality	Other	Carpenters

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