OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221420847

ANDRITZ SEPARATION INC.

SCOTT DEPOT, WV· 2021-12-16T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Crane, Electric Motor, Falling Object, Fracture, Head, Laceration, Spine, Storage Rack, Struck Against, Struck By, Walking Surface
NAICS: 811310
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345695076
Employer profile: ANDRITZ SEPARATION INC.
Summary number: 221420847
Report ID: 0316400

Event description

Employee fractures spine when struck by falling motor

Investigation abstract

At 7:55 a.m. on December 16, 2021, an employee was walking from the machine shop after retrieving a drill bit when, while walking past a storage shelf, a coworker was moving a crane from the lathe area back to the inspection area. As the crane passed by the shelf, a draping electrical wire from the pendant caught a motor that was housed on the shelf, causing it to fall and strike the employee on the head and back. The employee was hospitalized to treat head lacerations and fractures of his thoracic spine.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 44 M

Event type
1

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