Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14223564 - Employee struck by electromagnet and dragline cable

Accident Summary Nr: 14223564 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 01/18/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
2761088	01/21/1985	5093	0	Industrial Scrap Corporation

Abstract: Employee #1, a cutter, was helping to load a trailer in a scrap yard. He was in the bed of a trailer removing unwanted scrap and directing a crane operator. The operator of the American crawler crane had picked up a load of scrap with the crane's the electromagnet and was placing the load into the trailer. The dragline cable on the magnet broke approximately 20 feet from the magnet, causing the magnet to swing wildly. The magnet struck the side of the trailer, then struck Employee #1 in the chest. He died from lacerations of the heart, both lungs, and spleen.

Keywords: CHEST, HEART, MAGNET, LUNG, SPLEEN, LACERATION, STRUCK BY, DRAGLINE, CRANE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	2761088			Fatality	Concussion	Welders and cutters

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