Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170089304 - STRUCK BY FLYING OBJECT

Accident Summary Nr: 170089304 -- Report ID: 1054118 -- Event Date: 05/26/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
123733354	05/26/1993	5093	0	Coleman Metals Inc

Abstract: Two employees were scrapping an SF6 gas-filled current transformer they had received from an electric utility. During the demolition of the transformer, one of the employees was removing a 12-inch flange from the side of the transformer head. The transformer exploded, and the flange hit this worker in the chest, knocking him into his coworker. The employee who was hit by the flange suffered a fractured wrist, elbow, and ribs. He was hospitalized for his injuries. His coworker was knocked into a steel I-beam. He received a large bruise on a shin.

Keywords: FRACTURE, LOCKOUT, RIB, ELBOW, FLYING OBJECT, TRANSFORMER, PRESSURE RELEASE, WRIST

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	123733354			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Miscellaneous hand working occupations
2	123733354			Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Miscellaneous hand working occupations

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