Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 788927 - Employee injured when hit by falling weldment

Accident Summary Nr: 788927 -- Report ID: 1054112 -- Event Date: 12/07/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
124710757	12/07/1995	3443	0	Wellons Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 was moving a large weldment with a pendant-controlled overhead crane. The weldment fell apart and struck Employee #1, trapping him beneath the broken weldment. He sustained a crushed disc and three fractured discs of the spinal column and was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, SPINE, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, BACK, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	124710757			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Welders and cutters

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