Inspection Detail

Inspection: 3301389 - Beck Construction Company

Inspection Information - Office: Va-E-Norfolk (Regional Office) - Safety 0355112

Inspection Nr: 3301389

Report ID: 0355112

Date Opened: 08/14/1985

Site Address:
Beck Construction Company
Route 58 East, Union Camp Corporation
Franklin, VA 23851

Mailing Address:
104 Iverness Center Pl., Birmingham, AL 23502

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1541

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 08/15/1985

Planning Guide: Safety-Construction

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 08/15/1985

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360632228

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 692749

Event: 08/14/1985

EMPLOYEE STRUCK IN CHEST BY SHIFTING HEAVY LOAD

AT APPROXIMATELY 10 AM ON AUGUST 14, 1985, EMPLOYEE #1, WHO WORKED FOR THE B. E. & K. CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, WAS LOCATED ON THE FOURTH FLOOR, NORTH SIDE OF THE DISTRIBUTION BUILDING. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO RAISE A THREE SQUARE FOOT, 136 INCH LONG STEEL DISTRIBUTION CHUTE INTO PLACE. APPARENTLY THE DISTRIBUTION CHUTE PIVOTED WHILE IT WAS BEING LIFTED AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1 IN THE CHEST. HE SUFFERED UNKNOWN INTERNAL INJURIES AND DIED. THE DISTRIBUTION CHUTE IS BELIEVED TO HAVE WEIGHED ABOUT 1,000 POUNDS.

Keywords: CHEST, CONSTRUCTION, MANUAL MAT HANDLING, STRUCK BY, UNSTABLE LOAD

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	3301389			Fatality	Other	Millwrights

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