Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 142084.015 - Employee fractures spine when struck by falling motor

Accident Summary Nr: 142084.015 -- Report ID: 0316400 -- Event Date: 12/16/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1569507.015	12/20/2021		811310	Andritz Separation Inc.

Abstract: At 7:55 a.m. on December 16, 2021, an employee was walking from the machine shop after retrieving a drill bit when, while walking past a storage shelf, a coworker was moving a crane from the lathe area back to the inspection area. As the crane passed by the shelf, a draping electrical wire from the pendant caught a motor that was housed on the shelf, causing it to fall and strike the employee on the head and back. The employee was hospitalized to treat head lacerations and fractures of his thoracic spine.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Crane, Electric Motor, Falling Object, Fracture, Head, Laceration, Spine, Storage Rack, Struck Against, Struck By, Walking Surface

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1569507.015	44	M	Hospitalized injury

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