OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221398043

CLEVELAND - CLIFFS CLEVELAND WORKS, LLC

CLEVELAND, OH· 2021-09-03T00:00:00

Event: Arm, Concrete Floor, Contusion, Crane, Elevated, Elevated Work Plat, Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Falling Object, Fracture, Inexperience, Installing, Jib Crane, Maintenance, Material Handling, Multi-employer Worksite, Multiemployer, Shoulder, Shoulder Bone, Struck Against, Struck By, Technician, Unsafe Position
NAICS: 331110
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345560080
Employer profile: CLEVELAND - CLIFFS CLEVELAND WORKS, LLC
Summary number: 221398043
Report ID: 0522300

Event description

Employee is struck by struck by falling extension, falls, an

Investigation abstract

At 2:30 p.m. on September 3, 2021, an employee working as a machine maintenance slid forward when he knocked out the remaining pin securing the jib extension. This action caused the extension to fall from the crane, striking the Coworker #1 and causing him to fall from the platform to the ground. The employee was knocked off the ladder and fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized to treat a fracture and contusion of the shoulder. technician for a steel mill was placing a jib extension back onto the cradle position for transport. Coworker #1 was assisting the employee while standing on the work platform near the crane cab. The employee was standing on a ladder at the front of the crane where the jib extension was secured to the crane itself. Coworker #2 was on the ground at the front of the crane with Coworker #3, the crane operator, sitting inside the cab. The employee was attempting to free the extension from the crane by removing a pin from the front of the extension, which was partially secured to the side of the main yellow boom. The extension

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 70 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
519

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