OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14485007
AL-TECH SPECIALTY STEEL CORPORATION
DUNKIRK, NY·
Event description
Employee injured in fall from cab of stacker crane
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and a coworker, both maintenance workers, were assessing a malfuncti oning stacker crane. They visually checked the mast and did not see anything wro ng. Employee #1 entered the cab and operated the hoisting mechanism while his co worker observed from below. The crane malfunctioned, dropped the cab several fee t, and then started to move, causing Employee #1 to fall out. The crane and trol ley continued to move, striking the storage racks that were in its path. Employe e #1 was hospitalized.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 43 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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