Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 119541.015 - Employee incurs broken bones when crushed by steel beam

Accident Summary Nr: 119541.015 -- Report ID: 0317500 -- Event Date: 07/29/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1420384.015	07/31/2019		332312	Corle Building Systems, Inc.

Abstract: At 9:45 p.m. on July 29, 2019, an employee was removing a beam clamp from a 6803 pound steel I-Beam that he had just set onto the shop floor when the beam clamp snagged the beam as he moved the crane away. The beam fell over onto the employees pelvis area. The employee incurred an open break to his pelvis and other broken bones in his lower body and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Beam, Caught By, Clamp, Crane, Crushed, Falling Object, Fracture, Hazard Assessment, Inexperience, Laceration, Leg, Material Handling, Open Fracture, Pelvis, Steel Beam, Struck By, Tips Over, Tongs, Training, Work Surface

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1420384.015	22	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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