OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14297428
MAGNET,AMPUTATED,WORK RULES,CRUSHED,TOE,SPREADER BAR,CRANE,FOOT,INATTENTION
Event description
EMPLOYEE'S TOES AMPUTATED BETWEEN MAGNET AND SPREADER BAR
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ATTEMPTING TO HOOK UP A SPREADER BAR TO A CRANE-LIFTED DOUBLE HO S SHEETS WITH EMPLOYEES WHO WORK IN THE AREA. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE JOB SA FETY ANALYSIS WARNS OF JUST THIS TYPE OF INJURY. ISTING UNIT. ONE END OF THE SPREADER BAR WAS SUCCESSFULLY CONNECTED TO THE HOIST UNITS, AND THE EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO HOOK UP THE OTHER END. HE SIGNALED TH E CRANE OPERATOR TO LOWER THE HOIST UNITS, NOT REALIZING THAT THE SPREADER BAR W OULD ALSO BE LOWERED. HIS RIGHT FOOT WAS LOCATED ON ONE OF THE FOUR MAGNETS WHIC H THE SPREADER BAR SUPPORTS. WHEN THE BAR CAME TO REST ON THE MAGNETS, EMPLOYEE #1'S FOOT WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE SPREADER BAR AND MAGNET. 4 TOES WERE AMPUTATED. EMPLOYEE #1, A FOREMAN, WAS NOT FOLLOWING PLANT SAFETY RULES AT THE TIME, EVEN THOUGH HE IS ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS RESPONSIBLE FOR REVIEWING JOB SAFETY ANALYSI
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 49 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 863
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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