OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #823849
HARD HAT,ELECTRIC CABLE,STRUCK BY,CONCUSSION,PULLEY
Event description
EMPLOYEE STRUCK BY PULLEY
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was removing old electric cable from existing conduit using a Greenl t pulling wire out of old conduit. eaf wire pulling machine and a twenty-pound roller pulley connected to the aband oned electric panel employees. He had made all connections and started pulling o n the electric cable. Other employees were standing clear of the operation when the electric cable became stuck and would not move. Employee #1 stepped in front of the operation and bent over to check the electric cable to free it. The twen ty-pound roller pulley pulled loose from its support and struck Employee #1 in t he right side of his head. Employee #1 was not wearing a hard hat. He suffered a concussion and was hospitalized. It was noted that employees had been trained a
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 575
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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