OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #671693
J. SANDMAN & SONS INC.
GARY, IN·
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)
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#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
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#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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