Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 982165 - Employee killed when struck on head by steel beam

Accident Summary Nr: 982165 -- Report ID: 0257260 -- Event Date: 11/14/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18688879	12/05/1988	1791	0	Carmelo Jimenez Fernandez

Abstract: Employees were installing 41 foot long steel beams for the construction of a mezzanine. Employee #1 was operating a fingerlift to lift the beam and hang it in the desired position 8 feet high. When Employee #1 finished positioning the beam, he went into reverse without realizing that he had not lowered the fork of the forklift and had hooked onto another beam that had already been installed. The rear end of the beam hit Employee #1 on the head, killing him.

Keywords: HEAD, STEEL BEAM, INSTALLING, CONSTRUCTION, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, STRUCK BY, BACKING UP, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18688879			Fatality	Fracture	Construction laborers

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