Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 969147 - Employee's legs fractured by falling steel beam

Accident Summary Nr: 969147 -- Report ID: 0953220 -- Event Date: 12/29/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111181921	12/30/1992	1791	0	Palmer Steel Supplies, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was assigned by his supervisor to move a 50 ft long steel beam with a forklift. While in transport, the unsecured beam slipped from the fork onto Employee #1's legs, causing fractures. Employee #1 was transported by ambulance to the hospital.

Keywords: FRACTURE, STEEL BEAM, UNSECURED, CONSTRUCTION, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111181921			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Structural metal workers

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