Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14548432 - Employee suffers concussion when struck by dumpster lid

Accident Summary Nr: 14548432 -- Report ID: 1050210 -- Event Date: 11/04/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
108514720	11/04/1991	7538	0	N C Machinery Company

Abstract: Employee #1 was welding underneath the lid of a large dumpster. The lid, which was too heavy for one man to raise unaided, was held in a raised position by a chain hoist. Employee #1 would periodically lower the lid to check for fit. On one occasion the hook attaching the chain hoist to the lid laid over on its side and became partially detached. When Employee #1 raised the lid the next time, the hook slipped off, allowing the lid to fall and strike the worker on the head. He suffered a concussion but was not hospitalized.

Keywords: HEAD, HOISTING MECHANISM, UNSECURED, DUMPSTER, WELDING, HOIST, STRUCK BY, CONCUSSION, FALLING OBJECT, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	108514720			Non Hospitalized injury	Concussion	Industrial machinery repairers

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