OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14369227

LTV STEEL CORP., WARREN WORKS

WARREN, OH· 1986-03-10T00:00:00

Event: CRANE HOOK, WORK RULES, CRUSHED, HIP, CRANE, UNSTABLE POSITION
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #101562809
Employer profile: LTV STEEL CORP., WARREN WORKS
Summary number: 14369227
Report ID: 522300

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

#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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