Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 999490 - STRUCK AND CRUSHED BY FALLING PRECAST CONCRETE PANEL

Accident Summary Nr: 999490 -- Report ID: 0552700 -- Event Date: 04/04/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104519285	03/04/1987	1799	0	M. T. Le Contractors, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104519277	03/04/1987	1542	0	Ellerbe Builders, Inc.

Abstract: ON MARCH 9, 1987, AT APPROXIMATELY 7 AM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PREPARING TO UNLOAD A FLATBED TRAILER LOADED WITH PRECAST CONCRETE PANELS. THE PANELS, MEASURING 6 1/2 FEET BY 5 FEET, 9 INCHES BY 32 FEET, 1/8 INCH, WEIGHING APPROXIMATELY 11,600 POUNDS, WERE LOADED ON THEIR EDGE. ONE OF THE PANELS TIPPED OFF THE TRUCK, STRIKING AND CRUSHING EMPLOYEE #1. HE DIED OF MULTIPLE INTERNAL INJURIES.

Keywords: PANEL, CONCRETE PANEL, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, TRAILER, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104519285			Fatality	Concussion	Supervisors, n.e.c.
2	104519277					Occupation Not Listed

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