OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #822460
CHEST,FRACTURE,HEAD,WIRE ROPE,CONSTRUCTION,SLIPPERY SURFACE,STRUCK BY
Event description
Employee injured when struck by wire rope
Investigation abstract
At approximately 11:00 a.m. on March 8, 1989, Employee #1 and a coworker were tr ying to dislodge a frozen wire rope and sheeves from a drum. The rope became sla ck because of the icy conditions of the sheeves and hoisting line and struck Emp loyee #1. He suffered broken bones and head and chest injuries.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 42 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 849
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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