NEWPORT, ARKANSAS·
Arkansas Steel Associates, LLC
Fall or jump curtailed by personal fall arrest system · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Arkansas Steel Associates, LLC, 2803 Van Dyke Rd, NEWPORT, ARKANSAS 72112 on , Fractures, affecting the shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e).
Final narrative
An employee was checking the brakes on a cab crane while donned in a safety harness with a 6 ft. lanyard. The employee leaned over a gear box that controls the auxiliary hoist to the crane and his lanyard was caught in a shaft that was turning inside the gear box. When the lanyard was caught it pulled the employee quickly to the catwalk surface on top of the crane. During the fall the employee hit his head and suffered a scapula fracture due to being constricted by his harness. The employee was admitted to the hospital.
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