OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #781922
ARMCO INC. EASTERN STEEL DIV, L P
ASHLAND, KY·
Event description
EMPLOYEE INJURIED DURING SIDE PULL OPERATION
Investigation abstract
An employee was working on an elevated walkway while a magnet crane attempted a side-pull to dislodge a steel slab. The operation caused the slab to break free and the crane block to hit the walkway the employee was on, throwing him off the walkway, onto a metal bumper. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 61 Male
- Nature of injury
- Fracture (12)
- Part of body
- HEAD (13)
- Accident type
- FALL(FROM ELEVATION) (5)
- Source of injury
- MATERIALS HANDLG EQ. (27)
- Occupation
- Machinery maintenance occupations (519)
- Human factor
- MALFUNC IN SECURING/WARNING OP (4)
- Environmental factor
- MATERIALS HANDLG EQUIP./METHOD (8)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.