Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 119616.015 - Employee fractures ribs when struck by steel coil

Accident Summary Nr: 119616.015 -- Report ID: 0522000 -- Event Date: 09/04/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1428847.015	09/06/2019		336370	Wrena, Llc

Abstract: At 11:30 a.m. on September 4, 2019, an employee was as moving a steel coil approximately 20 feet using a pendant-controlled 5-ton overhead crane and a single leg alloy steel chain sling to a position to load the coil into the cradle of the press feeder. The employee moved the steel coil next to the feeder and had unhooked the alloy steel chain sling when the coil moved and fell, trapping him between the coil and frame of the feeder. A coworker in the area heard the scream of the employee and went over and moved the coil off of him. The employee was transported to the hospital and admitted for treatment of fractured ribs and internal bleeding.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Chain, Crane, Falling Object, Fracture, Internal Bleeding, Moving, Overhead Crane, Rib, Sling, Steel, Struck By, Trapped

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1428847.015	68	M	Hospitalized injury		Pressing machine operators

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