OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14213003
SCRAP CORPORATION OF AMERICA
CHICAGO, IL·
Event description
Employee killed when struck by falling crane load
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was cleaning up metal scraps from behind the baler machine. A suspen ded load of scrap metal held by a magnet on the crane struck the edge of the bal er. The load came apart and struck Employee #1, who sustained body fractures and died. Carrying a load over people and a suspended load hitting an obstruction w ere unsafe acts.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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