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Accident Summary Nr: 14447932 - EMPLOYEE'S FOOT CRUSHED IN HYDRAULIC HOIST

Accident Summary Nr: 14447932 -- Report ID: 0552700 -- Event Date: 12/20/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104534136	01/22/1987	2063	0	Southern Minnesota Sugar Cooperative
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104534110	01/21/1987	4212	0	Lundin Construction Co., Inc.

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 DROVE A SEMI-TRUCK CONTAINING SUGAR BEETS ONTO A LARGE HYDRAULIC HOIST. THE HOIST PIVOTS ALONG ONE OF ITS SIDES, TIPPING THE TRUCKS SIDEWAYS SO THAT THE BEETS CAN BE RELEASED INTO A HOPPER. THE EMPLOYEES (TRUCK DRIVERS) ARE INSTRUCTED TO STAND ON A PLATFORM DURING THIS OPERATION. EMPLOYEE #1, HOWEVER, LEFT THE PLATFORM TO WARM HIMSELF IN THE CAB OF A WAITING TRUCK. SUBSEQUENTLY HE LEFT THE CAB OF THE WAITING TRUCK TO GRAB A CHAIN WHICH IS MOUNTED ON THE HOIST AND IS USED TO SECURE THE TRUCKS TO THE HOIST DURING DUMPING OPERATIONS. THE CHAIN WAS HANGING OFF THE NOW-OPEN EDGE. AS THE HOIST RETURNED TO THE DOWN POSITION, EMPLOYEE #1 HELD THE CHAIN OUT OF THE SHEAR POINT AREA. HOWEVER, HE FAILED TO NOTICE THAT HIS FOOT WAS IN THE SHEAR POINT AREA. HIS FOOT WAS CRUSHED AND LATER HAD TO BE AMPUTATED.

Keywords: HYDRAULIC LIFT, AMPUTATED, WORK RULES, FOOT, INATTENTION, TRUCK DRIVER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104534136					Occupation Not Listed
2	104534110			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Truck drivers, heavy

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