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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #970426

FRACTURE,CRANE HOOK,CONSTRUCTION,LACERATION,STRUCK BY,FACE,CRANE

Event
FRACTURE,CRANE HOOK,CONSTRUCTION,LACERATION,STRUCK BY,FACE,CRANE
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
970426
Report ID
854910

Event description

Employee injured when struck by metal hook

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was moving steel with a P & H 15 ton pendant bridge crane. After the steel was set down, the chain sling was undone from the steel. The employee had started to take the hook up when it caught on a metal horse or work deck. The h ook came loose from the horse or deck and struck Employee #1 near his right eye. He was taken to LDS Hospital and admitted for treatment of cuts and a fractured cheekbone.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 21 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    13
    Event type
    1
    Source
    24
    Occupation code
    783
    Human factor
    10
    Environmental factor
    5
    Task assigned
    1

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