Accident Report Detail
Accident: 131163.015 - Employee Is Killed When Crushed By Falling Bundle Of Stainle
Accident: 131163.015 -- Report ID: 0626700 -- Event Date: 11/17/2020 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1502847.015 | 12/16/2020 | New Storage World Wide | |||||
At 7:20 a.m. on November 17, 2020, Employee #1, employed by a steel erection com pany, was working at a multi-employer construction project, a new storage facili ty. He was helping load a bundle of stainless steel decking intended for a hall way. The load of decking was being lifted by forklift onto steel beams. As Em ployee #1 stood near and held onto a beam, the load of decking on the forklift s tarted to shift and slide off the forks. Employee #1 moved toward the forklift. The falling load struck Employee #1 in the head and pinned him to the ground. Employee #1 sustained blunt force traumatic crushing injuries and was killed. | |||||||
Keywords:
blunt force trauma, construction, crushed, erection process, falling object, forklift, forks, head, load shift, loading, material handling, metal decking, multi-employer worksite, pinned, renovation, steel beam, stee
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Commercial building | Alteration or rehabilitation | 1 | X | ||||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 1502847.015 | 32 | M | Fatality | Construction Laborer | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Installation Of Decking-Hoisting Bundles FatCause: |