OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14570469

HEAD,STRUCK BY,SLING,CHOKER,CRANE,UNSTABLE LOAD

1985-04-16T14:10:00

Event: HEAD,STRUCK BY,SLING,CHOKER,CRANE,UNSTABLE LOAD
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14570469
Report ID: 522500

Event description

EMPLOYEE STRUCK BY FALLING BILLET OF ALUMINUM

Investigation abstract

AT APPROXIMATELY 2:10 PM, ON APRIL 16, 1985, IN THE CAST HOUSE OF ORMET CORPORAT BILLETS. ONE OF THE BILLETS HIT EMPLOYEE #1 FROM BEHIND, STRIKING HIS HEAD AND U PPER BODY. ION IN HANNIBAL, OHIO, A CRANE WAS BEING USED TO MOVE 5 OR 6 BILLETS OF CAST ALU MINUM. EACH PIECE OF CAST ALUMINUM WAS 10 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND THE ENTIRE LOAD OF BILLETS WEIGHED APPROXIMATELY 1600 POUNDS. TWO COMPANY-MADE WIRE ROPE CHOKER SLINGS WERE BEING USED, EACH TO LIFT TWO OR THREE BILLETS. AS THE BILLETS WERE BEING MOVED TO AN INSPECTION TABLE, THE ALUMINUM CASTING MADE CONTACT WITH THE T ABLE, LOOSENING ONE SLING AND CAUSING THE BILLETS TO FALL TO THE FLOOR IN A VERT ICAL POSITION. THE BILLETS STOOD UPRIGHT MOMENTARILY AND THEN TOPPLED TO THE FLO OR. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS LOCATED WITHING THE RADIAL STRIKING DISTANCE OF THE FALLING

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 56 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
4

Event type
1

Source
28

Occupation code
999

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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