OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14379671
WORTHINGTON STEEL CO.
MONROE, OH·
Event description
EMPLOYEE CRUSHED BY SCRAP BIN LIFTING ARM
Investigation abstract
A CRANE OPERATOR LIFTED A SCRAP BIN, USING A PENDANT CONTROLLED CRANE, AS ANOTHE STOP TABS. NOT REALIZING THAT THE LIFTING ARM WAS UNLATCHED, EMPLOYEE #1 BANDED UP THE SCRAP BALLS IN THE PIT. THE FIRST BALL WAS PLACED ON THE SEMI-TRAILER FO R SCRAP. THE SECOND BALL WOULD NOT CLEAR THE SIDE OF THE TRAILER WITHOUT TRIPPIN G THE UPPER LIMIT SWITCH. THE CRANE OPERATOR ASKED EMPLOYEE #1 TO HELP RE-HOOK T O THE SCRAP BIN SO THEY COULD REMOVE THE SECOND SCRAP BALL BY PLACING IT IN THE BIN. WHEN EMPLOYEE #1 CLIMBED ONTO THE SCRAP BIN HE GRABBED THE LIFTING ARM, CAU SING IT TO TOPPLE. THE LIFTING ARM KNOCKED EMPLOYEE #1 TO THE SIDE, THEN FELL ON TO HIM. HE WAS CRUSHED TO DEATH. R EMPLOYEE (EMPLOYEE #1) EJECTED 2 MORE METAL SCRAP BALLS FROM THE STEEL SLITTIN G OPERATION INTO THE PIT LEFT BY THE REMOVAL OF THE SCRAP BIN. THE CRANE OPERATO R BEGAN TO SET DOWN THE BIN, AND ACTUALLY HAD IT ON THE GROUND, WHEN THE CRANE B ROKE DOWN. AFTER THE CRANE WAS REPAIRED THE MAINTENANCE MAN TRIED IT OUT BY LIFT ING AND LOWERING IT. HE FINALLY LOWERED THE SCRAP ONTO THE FLOOR. SEVERAL MINUTE S LATER EMPLOYEE #1 UNHOOKED THE CRANE FROM THE BIN SO THEY COULD USE IT (THE CR ANE) TO GET THE OTHER TWO SCRAP BALLS FROM THE PIT. WHEN EMPLOYEE #1 UNHOOKED TH E CRANE HE LEFT THE LIFTING ARM UNLATCHED AND STANDING, RESTING AGAINST THE BACK
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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