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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #671693

MAGNET,WORK RULES,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,CRANE

Event
MAGNET,WORK RULES,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,CRANE
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
671693
Report ID
551800

Event description

EMPLOYEE STRUCK BY FALLING CRANE MAGNET AND LOAD

Investigation abstract

ON AUGUST 5, 1886, EMPLOYEE #1'S SEMI-TRAILER, LOADED WITH CANS, WAS BEING UNLOA DED BY AN AMERICAN CRAWLER CRANE. ALL OF THE MATERIAL HAD BEEN UNLOADED EXCEPT S OME CANS LOCATED AT THE NOSE OF THE TRAILER WHERE THE MAGNET COULDN'T REACH. ANO THER EMPLOYEE PULLED THE TRAILER OUT OF THE UNLOADING AREA SO THAT EMPLOYEE #1 C OULD SWEEP THE LOOSE CANS TO THE REAR OF THE TRAILER. WHEN EMPLOYEE #1 FINISHED SWEEPING HE INSTRUCTED THE OTHER EMPLOYEE TO RE-BACK THE TRUCK INTO THE UNLOADIN G AREA. THE CRANE OPERATER HAD LIFTED A LOAD AND WAS TRYING TO LOCK IT INTO POSI TION WHEN THE LOAD OF SCRAP BEGAN TO FALL. FOR SOME REASON EMPLOYEE #1 WALKED UN DER THE LOAD, AND WAS STRUCK AND KILLED BY THE LOAD AND MAGNET.

Victims (2)

  1. #1 Fatality Age 37 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    3
    Event type
    1
    Source
    24
    Occupation code
    804
    Human factor
    4
    Environmental factor
    6
    Task assigned
    1
  2. #981 Degree 0 Age 0

    Nature of injury
    0
    Part of body
    0
    Event type
    0
    Source
    0
    Occupation code
    0
    Human factor
    0
    Environmental factor
    0
    Task assigned
    0

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