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Accident Summary Nr: 201010527 - Employee Sustains Compound Fracture When Leg Pinned

Accident Summary Nr: 201010527 -- Report ID: 0950661 -- Event Date: 08/27/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
316446954	09/04/2013	3321	331511	United States Pipe And Foundry Company Dba U.S. Pi

Abstract: At approximately 6:30 p.m. on August 27, 2013, Employee #1, with United States Pipe and Foundry Company Dba U.S. Pi, was operating a pipe transfer car that was powered on track rails by an overhead electrical rail. The transfer car received power from the overhead electrical rail from a boom welded to the transfer car with an electrical cable attached. While operating the transfer car, one of the guide wheels for the overhead track got hung up on the overhead track. This caused the boom and structure to be pulled down, pinning Employee #1. Employee#1's left leg was caught between the platform and the boom. The employee was taken to the hospital, with a compound fracture to the left femur. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRIC CABLE, PINNED, CAUGHT BETWEEN, IRON, RAILROAD TRACK, FOUNDRY, FALLING OBJECT, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	316446954			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators

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