Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 901090 - Employee Struck and Killed by Falling Joists

Accident Summary Nr: 901090 -- Report ID: 0355114 -- Event Date: 09/26/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309392314	09/26/2005	3441	332312	Canam Steel Corporation

Abstract: Employee #1, a truck driver for Canam Steel Corporation, delivered a load of steel joists to a construction worksite. While employees of L.R. Wilson & Sons, Inc. were unloading the truck with a crane, the truck driver was rolling up the tie-down devices on the unprotected side of the truck. Two steel joists came loose from the load and fell off the side of the truck, striking Employee #1 on the back and lower legs, killing him.

Keywords: FRACTURE, JOIST, STEEL, SPINE, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, CRANE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	1	15	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	309392314			Fatality	Fracture	Truck drivers, heavy

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