OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #608042

ALL - STEEL BUILDINGS, INC.

ELLENWOOD, GA· 1987-11-04T00:00:00

Event: FRACTURE, HEAD, STEEL BEAM, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, SKULL, STRUCK BY
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #101266153
Employer profile: ALL - STEEL BUILDINGS, INC.
Summary number: 608042
Report ID: 418100

Event description

Employee's skull fractured when struck on head by beam

Investigation abstract

At approximately 12:15 p.m. on November 4, 1987, Employee #1 and four coworkers were carrying a steel beam on their right shoulders. When they stopped to drop i t on the ground, Employee #1, who was in front of the line, raised the beam over his head while his coworkers raised it to their right and dropped it. The beam struck Employee #1 on the head. He sustained a fractured skull and was taken to a hospital by helicopter. The information in this report was taken from the poli ce report and interviews with Employee #1's coworkers and hospital personnel.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 34 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
28

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
8

Task assigned
1

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