OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #943233
REMOTE CONTROL,PINNED,BACK,INEXPERIENCE,OVERHEAD CRANE,PELVIS,DYE MACHINE,MECH MALFUNCTION,CONTUSION
Event description
EMPLOYEE INJURED WHEN PINNED BY DYE MACHINE
Investigation abstract
At approximately noon on June 27, 1989, Employee #1 was working with two other e problem was. Upon seeing him pinned against the machine by the load, one employe e ran to remove the load. Employee #1 was hospitalized one night for observation and testing. The employee suffered severe internal bruises in the pelvis and lu mbar area, lost 36 workdays, and is estimated to lose approximately 20 more days . Causal factors were lack of a pendant control box to identify each function. I n addition, the company was not maintaining records of inspections of the crane. mployees to remove a loaded carrier from a dye machine. They were utilizing a ho isting machine that was attached to an overhead crane that was pendant controlle d from the floor. Employee #1 was on the west side of the machine and the other two employees were on the east side. The hoist was hooked to the carrier of the machine. The load (approximately 2,500 lbs.) was lifted out and was approximatel y waist high when one of the employees either pushed the wrong button on the pen dant control or pushed the load. The carrier knocked Employee #1 against the mac hine, pinning him there. The other employee ran around the load to see what his
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 50 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 749
- Human factor
- 8
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 2
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