Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 75159.015 - Employee struck by falling propane tank.

Accident Summary Nr: 75159.015 -- Report ID: 0418400 -- Event Date: 03/19/2015
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1048171.015	03/20/2015		332420	Quality Steel Corporation

Abstract: At 11:54 a.m. on March 19, 2015, an employee was loading a propane tank onto a truck/trailer on a platform for a truck trailer at an Amerigas remote site. The 1,000 gallon propane tank the employee was unloading fell apparently striking the employee in the head. The employee was working alone and a coworker found him with the tank on him. The employee was killed from a crushed skull.

Keywords: Crushing, Falling Object, Head, LP Gas, Material Handling, Platform, Propane, Struck By, Trailer, Trailer Truck, Truck

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1048171.015	54	M	Fatality

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