Accident Report Detail
Accident: 14215412 - Struck By Piece Of Falling Structural Steel
Accident: 14215412 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 09/22/1983 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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14223358 | 09/22/1983 | 3441 | Pioneer Steel Co | ||||
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
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 14223358 | Fatality | Bruise/Contus/Abras | Welders and cutters |