Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14383988 - Employee injured in fall from steel when sling breaks

Accident Summary Nr: 14383988 -- Report ID: 0521400 -- Event Date: 11/16/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
103359352	11/16/1988	1791	0	Pheonix Steel Erectors, Incorporated

Abstract: Employee #1, an iron worker, was connecting a steel beam into a vertical column 23 feet in the air in a one story warehouse/supermarket. The employee had fastened two bolts on one end of the beam and the beam was supported in the middle by a 3/8 inch wire rope sling. As he was making the connection for the other end of the beam, the sling fractured in the middle. Employee #1 fell and was injured. The piece of steel weighed 225 lb and was rated for 2,000 lb. The sling was inspected before use by the union steward. The sling supposedly had not lifted any heavier loads, but was destroyed before the inspection. No citations relative to the accident were issued.

Keywords: BEAM, WIRE ROPE, IRON WORKER, BROKEN CABLE, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, FALL, SLING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	103359352			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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