OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #829739

CHAIN,WHEEL,AMPUTATED,INADEQUATE MAINT,WORK RULES,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,STRUCK BY,TOE,FALLING OBJECT

1988-10-19T00:00:00

Event: CHAIN,WHEEL,AMPUTATED,INADEQUATE MAINT,WORK RULES,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,STRUCK BY,TOE,FALLING OBJECT
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 829739
Report ID: 751910

Event description

Employee's toes amputated when crushed by cast iron wheel

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was raising a cast iron wheel with a hoist chain when the chain brok e. The wheel fell on the employee's right foot, amputating half of his big toe a nd the tips of his second, third, and fourth toes. He was wearing steel toed sho es. A violation was issued because the chain had not been inspected on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 20 M

Nature of injury
1

Part of body
11

Event type
1

Source
27

Occupation code
999

Human factor
4

Environmental factor
8

Task assigned
1

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