OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #677112
JEFFERSON SMURFIT CORPORATION
MIDDLETOWN, OH·
Event description
EMPLOYEE STRUCK AND KILLED BY SUSPENDED CRANE LOAD
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ADJUSTING SLITTER KNIVES AT THE END OF THE PAPER MACHINE AT THE ND WAS KILLED. TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. HE WAS FACING AWAY FROM THE UNWIND STAND. THE CRANE OPERAT OR PICKED UP THE EMPTY CORE REEL WITH THE OVERHEAD CRANE SO THAT IT COULD BE MOV ED BACK TO THE READY POSITION ON THE PAPER MACHINE. THE CRANE OPERATOR WAS NOT L OOKING AT THE SUSPENDED LOAD, BUT WAS INSTEAD WATCHING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WORKING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WINDER. EMPLOYEE #1 INADVERTENTLY PUSHED THE WRONG BUTT ON ON THE PENDANT CONTROL STATION, CAUSING THE CRANE BRIDGE AND LOAD TO MOVE INT O THE WINDER (OPPOSITE TO THE DIRECTION HE HAD INTENDED TO MOVE THE CRANE). EMPL OYEE #1 WAS STRUCK IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD AND NECK BY THE THE EMPTY CORE REEL A
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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