OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14369227
CRANE HOOK,WORK RULES,CRUSHED,HIP,CRANE,UNSTABLE POSITION
Event description
EMPLOYEE CRUSHED BETWEEN HEAVY OBJECTS
Investigation abstract
A CRANE OPERATOR WAS USING A PENDANT CONTROLLED, 45 TON OVERHEAD CRANE TO PLACE A FINISHING MILL GUIDE, WEIGHING ABOUT 3 1/2 TONS, ONTO A TRANSFER BUGGY. THE BU GGY WAS ALREADY LOADED WITH 4 LARGE RUFFING MILL WORK ROLLS. HE ATTEMPTED TO REM OVE THE HOOK FROM THE CHAIN ASSEMBLY "D" RING, BUT THE RING STUCK. EMPLOYEE #1 M OUNTED THE TRANSFER BUGGY, BETWEEN THE SUSPENDED GUIDE BOX AND A MILL ROLL, TO A TTEMPT TO MANUALLY REMOVE THE "D" RING. THE GUIDE BOX SUDDENLY SLID TOWARD HIM, STRIKING HIM IN THE WAIST/HIP AREA AND CRUSHING HIM AGAINST ONE OF THE WORK ROLL S. HE WAS KILLED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 14
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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