Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14422232 - Employee killed when crushed against cross braces

Accident Summary Nr: 14422232 -- Report ID: 0728900 -- Event Date: 11/17/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100887041	11/19/1990	3312	0	Nucor Steel

Abstract: Employee #1 was assigned to tighten the housing bolts on the floor side of an electrode holding-arm motor. This required that he remove the heavy motor by lifting it with a come-along hoist. Employee #1 was sitting on the cross brace while the motor was being raised. When it came out of the gear box, the holding arm fell across Employee #1's shoulders, crushing him between the holding arm and other cross braces. He was killed.

Keywords: SHOULDER, HOISTING MECHANISM, WORK RULES, LOCKOUT, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, WINCH

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100887041			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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