OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #778019

PINNED,WORK RULES,HOIST,CAUGHT BETWEEN,STRUCK BY,TANK,CONTUSION,INATTENTION

1987-06-10T00:00:00

Event: PINNED,WORK RULES,HOIST,CAUGHT BETWEEN,STRUCK BY,TANK,CONTUSION,INATTENTION
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 778019
Report ID: 854910

Event description

Employee injured when pinned between hoist and tank

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was standing next to some tanks in an anodizing room, waiting for ma terial to come out of the tanks. The employee was facing south while a hoist tha t was on automatic was traveling south. The hoist hit him in the back and pinned him in a 4 1/2 inch space between the hoist and a scrubber vent on the side of a tank. Employee #1 was hospitalized with bruises.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 25 M

Nature of injury
3

Part of body
3

Event type
2

Source
24

Occupation code
777

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
4

Task assigned
1

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