OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221423585

TRINIDAD BENHAM CORPORATION

PATTERSON, CA· 2021-12-06T00:00:00

Event: Broken, Broken Cable, Defect, Defective, Defective Equipment, Eye, Flying Object, Fracture, Hoisting Mechanism, Inexperience, Malfunction, Pulling, Rope, Struck By, Winch
NAICS: 424510
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345686182
Employer profile: TRINIDAD BENHAM CORPORATION
Summary number: 221423585
Report ID: 0950624

Event description

Employee fractures eye socket when winch rope breaks

Investigation abstract

At 10:15 a.m. on December 6, 2021, an employee was moving a railcar in order to align the hopper with the conveyor belt to empty its contents. The employee used a Schoellhorn-Albrecht Machine Co., Inc. 5 horsepower capstan winch with an attached rope to pull the train along the tracks. The employee stood to the side rather than behind a provided safety barrier. The rope being used was not properly braided and the eye loop was held in place with two U-bolts. The rope failed and the tension in the rope caused it to spring back and strike the employee in the face. The employee was hospitalized to treat a broken eye socket and eye damage.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 46 M

Event type
1

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