Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 116541.015 - Employee fractures leg when struck by welding strongback

Accident Summary Nr: 116541.015 -- Report ID: 0729300 -- Event Date: 05/22/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1403386.015	05/24/2019		336510	American Railcar Industries Inc.

Abstract: At 6:15 a.m. on May 22, 2021, an employee was rotating a "strongback" welding jig on a Fit-up #1 Rotator Machine trying to identify a malfunction within the machine. The strongback was not attached securely to the machine, such as with an angle iron, pins or other means. As the employee grabbed the strongback to try to rotate the machine beyond what the motor was able to rotate it, the strongback fell from the machine and struck the employee's leg. The employee suffered a broken femur, tibia, fibula and dislocated knee cap and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Fracture, Knee, Leg, Maintenance, Malfunction, Mech Malfunction, Pin, Repair, Rotating Parts, Struck By, Tibia, Unsecured, Welder

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1403386.015	58	M	Hospitalized injury		Machinery maintenance occupations

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