Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 83802.015 - Employee is killed when steel beam box tips over

Accident Summary Nr: 83802.015 -- Report ID: 0950624 -- Event Date: 03/21/2016
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1134016.015	03/22/2016		238120	Schuff Steel Company

Abstract: At approximately 6:12 p.m. on March 21, 2016, an employee was removing chains and hooks from a steel beam box. The chain and hooks caught the bottom of the steel box and the crane operator retracted the chain. This tipped the steel box over and crushed the employee against another steel box. The employee was killed. The steel beam box was approximately 25-feet in length, 5,000 lbs, made of 0.5-inch and 1-inch steel.

Keywords: Asphyxiated, Crushed, Falling Object, Material Handling, Pinned, Steel Erection, Struck By

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1134016.015	42	M	Fatality		Structural metal workers

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