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Accident: 145525.015 - Two Employees Puncture Lung After Being Struck By Falling T
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1577730.015 | 02/09/2022 | Mother Trail Beverage Co. |
At approximately 10:30 a.m. on February 9, 2022, Employee#1 and Employee#2 were attempting to erect a 90-barrel blending tank weighing 3,000 lbs. into place by using a sling attached to a chain hoist. The sling ripped, and the tank fell, st riking both employees standing on a ladder trying to pull the tank up with the h oist and forklift. Employee #1 was pinned underneath the tank, and Employee #2 w as under the ladder and tank. Both employees were hospitalized to treat a punctu red lung.
Keywords:
caught by, falling object, forklift, hoist, ladder, pinned, sling, struck by, tank
| End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial building | New project or new addition | 12 | |||||
| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Construction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1577730.015 | 57 | M | Hospitalized injury | FallDist: 12 FallHt:12 Cause: Erecting structural steel FatCause: |
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| 2 | 1577730.015 | 40 | M | Hospitalized injury | FallDist: 12 FallHt:12 Cause: Erecting structural steel FatCause: |