OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14485049
FRACTURE,HEAD,HOIST,FALL,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT
Event description
EMPLOYEE HIT BY FALLING HOIST BLOCK, FELL AND FRACTURED HEAD
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1, A CRANE OPERATOR, WAS LIFTING A LADLE OF MOLTEN METAL FROM A FURNAC E LOWER BLOCK OF THE AUXILIARY HOIST WENT THROUGH THE UPPER LIMIT SWITCH AND PAR TED THE HOIST CABLE. THE BLOCK AND CHAIN SLING FELL TO THE FLOOR. EMPLOYEE #1 WA S HIT ON THE LEGS BY THE BLOCK AND SLING. HE FELL BACKWARDS, FRACTURING HIS SKUL L. THERE WERE PREVIOUS INSTANCES WHEN THE UPPER LIMIT SWITCH HAD NOT FUNCTIONED WHEN THE RADIO FREQUENCY EQUIPMENT HAD BEEN ACTIVATED FOR NO APPARENT REASON. E PIT USING THE MAIN HOIST OF A REMOTE CONTROLLED, 75 TON, P 1/2 H OVERHEAD CRAN E. A SECOND RADIO FREQUENCY UNIT IS USED TO MOVE HEAT CURTAINS AROUND A FURNACE ADJACENT TO THE ONE SERVICED BY THIS CRANE. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STANDING AT THE EDGE OF THE PIT IN FRONT OF THE LADLE, WHERE HE COULD SEE BOTH LIFTING LUGS OF THE L ADLE. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING TO HIS LEFT WAITING TO HOOK UP THE DOUBLE LE G SLING ON THE AUXILIARY HOIST TO THE BOTTOM OF THE LADLE. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS LOWER ING THE MAIN HOIST LOAD BLOCK, WITH SPANNER BAR AND HOOKS, TOWARDS THE LIFTING L UGS OF THE LADLE WHEN THE AUXILIARY HOIST, DIRECTLY ABOVE HIM, WAS ACTIVATED. TH
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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