OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #691394
SOS TEMPORARY SERVICES
SLC, UT·
Event description
Employee's leg partially amputated when struck by load
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was guiding a load of formed steel plate that was being moved by an overhead crane. Twelve 12 in. by 12 in. by 10 ft 8 in. pieces of 3/8 in. plate f ormed into channel shape had been bundled together and rigged with an 18 ft by 4 in. web sling in a basket hitch. The sling weight capacity was 11,400 lb. The b undle weighed 5,748 lb. When the load became off balance, Employee #1 tried to h old one end down, but he was lifted off the floor and let go. The load slid ahea d and a sharp edge on one of the pieces of steel cut the web sling and dropped t he load. Employee #1's leg was partially amputated at the ankle and his foot was completely crushed.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 18
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 873
- Human factor
- 11
- 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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