Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170570329 - Employee injured in fall

Accident Summary Nr: 170570329 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 06/16/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126495134	06/19/1996	1791	0	Lexicon, Inc. Dba Schueck Steel Co.

Abstract: Employee #1 was on a four-man crew that included a foreman which was assigned to tighten approximately 30 bolts in the top of the coiler area of a hot mill. Each bolt was to be tightened with an impact wrench at 34 pounds of torque. The bolts were directly underneath the rails of an overhead gantry crane. To reach them, Employee #1 secured himself by overlapping his lanyard. He fell approximately 45 to 50 feet onto muddy soil and sustained injuries that required hospitalization.

Keywords: WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, GANTRY CRANE, LANYARD, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, CRANE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126495134			Hospitalized injury	Other	Structural metal workers

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