Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200571016 - Employee Is Killed by Falling Equipment

Accident Summary Nr: 200571016 -- Report ID: 0316700 -- Event Date: 01/19/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308476068	01/20/2006	3325	331513	The Frog, Switch & Manufacturing Company

Abstract: At approximately 4:30 p.m. on January 19, 2006, Employee #1, a maintenance mechanic, began repairing a wire rope cable assembly on a bail, a below-the-hook lifting device used to lift and move flasks in the molding department. At the time, the 740-lb bail sat on top of the cope and drag flasks. As Employee #1 started to work on the wire rope assembly, he apparently pulled the wire rope cable assembly toward himself, which caused the bail to fall off the flasks, crush his chest, and kill him.

Keywords: CHEST, MAINTENANCE, HOISTING MECHANISM, MECHANIC, HOIST, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	308476068			Fatality	Fracture	Machinery maintenance occupations

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