OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221425515

MARUICHI AMERICAN CORPORATION

SANTA FE SPRINGS, CA· 2021-08-19T00:00:00

Event: Caught Between, Climbing, Contusion, Crane, Crane Load, Crane Operator, Crushed, Falling Object, Fracture, Hip, Hoist, Hoisting Mechanism, Lack of Work Procedures, Leg, Manufacturing, Material Handling, Metal, Mill--Plant, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Overhead Crane, Pelvis, Pinned, Remote Control, Steel, Steel Tube, Unsafe Position, Unstable Load, Unstable Position, Work Surface
NAICS: 331210
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345715247
Employer profile: MARUICHI AMERICAN CORPORATION
Summary number: 221425515
Report ID: 0950635

Event description

Employee crushes pelvis and leg when pinned between steel bu

Investigation abstract

At 11:15 a.m. on August 19, 2021, an employee working as a mill supervisor for a load to accelerate towards him. The bundles were suspended at the time since the employee had intended on moving the load towards the bay door to the west. Instead, the load moved towards the employee in a southward direction, pinning him between the suspended load and the other bundles staged in the area. The employee was transported to a local medical center, where he was hospitalized to treat a crushed pelvis and crushed left leg. steel tubing manufacturer was using an overhead crane to hoist two bundles of steel tubing weighing approximately 2000 pounds to another location in the warehouse. The employee was filling in for a coworker who was on vacation and who was the overhead crane operator. The employee rigged the steel tubing while standing on other bundles adjacent to the bundles to be moved. After hoisting the two bundles with the crane, the employee was attempting to climb down from the bundles while still holding the remote for the crane. During this process, he likely inadvertently pressed one of the buttons on the remote causing the

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 60 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
7013

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