Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201637386 - Employee Is Struck in Head by Falling Material and Is Killed

Accident Summary Nr: 201637386 -- Report ID: 1054112 -- Event Date: 11/26/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311690861	11/26/2007	3537	333924	Bovic Industries Inc

Abstract: Employee #1, a steel fabricator, was preparing to cut a 20-in. piece of 4-in. by 10-in. by 0.5-in. thick steel tubing from a 20-ft piece of stock material with a vertical band saw. As Employee #1 was pushing the stock material into position from a set of rollers in front of the saw the stock material fell from the rollers and struck Employee #1 on the head. Employee #1 sustained a fractured skull and was killed.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, STEEL TUBE, ROLLER--MACH/PART, SAW, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	311690861			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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