Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 171017684 - Employee injured when struck by falling metal frame

Accident Summary Nr: 171017684 -- Report ID: 1054114 -- Event Date: 08/26/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
124691916	08/26/1996	3441	0	Northwest Steel Fabricators Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 was using a pendant control to retrieve an overhead crane. The pendant control allowed him to stack the crane's chain and unhook it from a large metal frame that it had just raised. As he was working, the metal frame began to teeter and it then fell. Employee #1 tried to scramble out of the way, but he was struck by the truss and suffered a fractured pelvis. The standard practice is to anchor the metal trusses using the overhead crane while securing the frames with large C-clamps and angle irons. Employee #1 could not verify that the metal frame had been clamped in place.

Keywords: CHAIN, FRACTURE, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, SUSPENDED LOAD, OVERHEAD CRANE, PELVIS, FALLING OBJECT, CRANE, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	124691916			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Welders and cutters

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