Inspection Detail

Inspection: 111175345 - Pitt - Demames Steel, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Nv-E-Reno 0953210

Investigation Summary

On May 15, 1990, Employee #1 was on the bed of a 40 ft flatbed trailer, prying 40 ft lengths of 3 in. by 4 in. rectangular steel tubing toward the center of the bed. As Employee #1 was prying the steel at the front of the trailer, the rear of the load fell from the trailer, knocking him from the trailer bed to the concrete floor. A rectangular tube fell across his right leg, fracturing his knee. Employee #1 was hospitalized for two days. A stake should have been placed at the front and rear of the trailer, but the stake at the rear was missing. Employee #1 had been assigned to train other employees on this shift and apparently had failed to ensure that a trainee had placed the proper number of stakes.

Keywords: KNEE, FRACTURE, STEEL TUBE, WORK RULES, LOAD SHIFT, STAKES, FALL, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, FLATBED TRUCK