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Accident: 170787477 - Employee'S Knee Fractured When Struck By Flying Equipment

**Accident: 170787477 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 07/30/1997**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
125849877	08/13/1997	1542	Pdm Strocal

Employee #1, an ironworker, was moving a steel beam into position for welding. One end of the beam was hooked a come-a-long with a 3,000 lb capacity. The other end was secured by a cable choker attached to a vertical steel column. Employee #1 was tightening the come-a-long mechanism when a chain link broke and the equipment went flying, striking his right leg. He sustained a fractured kneecap, for which he was hospitalized.

Keywords: chock, knee, fracture, iron worker, construction, equipment failure, struck by, flying object, winch, broken chain

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Commercial building		Other		Under $50,000	1	36

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	125849877			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Structural metal workers	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Forming FatCause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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