Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170122717 - Employee killed in 40 ft fall inside cupola

Accident Summary Nr: 170122717 -- Report ID: 0454711 -- Event Date: 01/30/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
114483746	02/01/1993	3321	0	Wheland Foundry Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 was inside the #5 cupola repairing firebrick walls from a suspended steel basket that was attached to a steel 3/8 in. wire rope cable, which was being moved up and down by a pneumatic power hoist. The cable was 46 ft high when it failed, causing the basket and Employee #1 to fall approximately 40 ft to the concrete floor. The wire rope allegedly had heat-stress type damage to the approximate 8 ft length at the basket connecting end.

Keywords: REPAIR, WIRE ROPE, CONFINED SPACE, BROKEN CABLE, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, FALL, FOUNDRY

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	114483746			Fatality	Other	Not specified mechanics and repairers

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