Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14410302 - EMPLOYEE STRUCK BY FALLING BLIND

Accident Summary Nr: 14410302 -- Report ID: 0626700 -- Event Date: 03/13/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107616492	02/03/1992	2824	0	E.I.Dupont De Nemours & Co., Inc.

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PART OF A CREW OF FOUR EMPLOYEES WHO WERE CHECKING OUT A FLOAT GAUGE THAT WAS BUILT INTO THE FLANGE BLIND ON A SMALL, 600-GALLON TANK. A FORK LIFT TRUCK WAS MOVED UP TO THE TANK. A 6-FOOT LOOP SLING WAS LOOPED OVER ONE FORK, INSERTED THROUGH THE TWO HANDLES ON EITHER SIDE OF THE 365-POUND BLIND, AND FINALLY BROUGHT BACK UP AND LOOPED OVER THE SAME FORK. BOTH ENDS OF THE SLING WERE 8 TO 12 INCHES FROM THE TIP OF THE FORK. THE OPERATOR RAISED THE BLIND AND EMPLOYEE #1 AND THE OTHER EMPLOYEES IMMEDIATELY STEPPED UP TO THE TANK TO CHECK THE MECHANISM. EMPLOYEE #1 STEPPED BETWEEN THE TANK AND THE FORK LIFT AND LEANED OVER AS IF TO LOOK INTO THE TANK. AT THAT MOMENT, THE BLIND FELL, STRIKING EMPLOYEE #1 ON THE HEAD. THE EVIDENCE INDICATES THAT ONE END OF THE SLING SLIPPED OFF THE FORK.

Keywords: INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, STRUCK BY, SLING, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	107616492			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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