Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14215412 - STRUCK BY PIECE OF FALLING STRUCTURAL STEEL

Accident Summary Nr: 14215412 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 09/22/1983
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
14223358	09/22/1983	3441	0	Pioneer Steel Co

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 STOOD A LARGE PIPE SUPPORT FRAME ON END AT THE EDGE OF A WORK TABLE IN ORDER TO MAKE FOUR SHORT WELDS. THE STRUCTURE WAS BEING HELD IN POSITION BY AN OVERHEAD CRANE. TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES NEEDED TO MOVE SOME MATERIAL PAST EMPLOYEE #1'S WORK STATION. TO MAKE ROOM, EMPLOYEE #1 WENT TO REMOVE THE CHAIN SLING FROM THE PIECE HE WAS WELDING. WHEN THE ASSEMBLY WAS NO LONGER SUPPORTED BY THE CHAIN, IT TIPPED OVER ONTO EMPLOYEE #1, KILLING HIM.

Keywords: CRUSHED, OVERHEAD CRANE, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, CRANE, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	14223358			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Welders and cutters

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