Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 970400 - Employee injured when struck by falling objects

Accident Summary Nr: 970400 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 10/11/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
105593115	10/11/1988	1541	0	Weyher Brothers Co

Abstract: Two employees were moving a pump on a monorail with a chain block and carriage. The monorail had been cut off for construction work. When the carriage reached the end of the monorail it came off the monorail and the chain block and carriage fell 35 ft. The block struck Employee #1 on his hard hat and knocked it off. The carriage fell and struck Employee #1 on head and shoulder. He sustained cuts on his head and shoulder. Employee #1 was taken to Pioneer Valley Hospital, then to University Hospital.

Keywords: HEAD, SHOULDER, CONSTRUCTION, LACERATION, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	105593115			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters

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