OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #781922
WALK PLATFORM,CRANE BLOCK,CRANE
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 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 519
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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