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Accident Summary Nr: 201158821 - Employee is injured by hoisting equipment

Accident Summary Nr: 201158821 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 09/03/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300863560	09/22/2003	3716	336213	National Rv Inc.

Abstract: On September 3, 2003, Employee #1 was engaging the controls of an overhead hoisting device to lift a completed component off an assembly table. The component was connected to the hoisting device with two hooks equipped with retaining clips inserted into eyes secured to the completed component. During the lift, one of the hooks rotated out of the component eye and the end caught Employee #1 in the neck, pinning him to a wall. He was hospitalized for several fractured cervical vertebrae.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HOISTING MECHANISM, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, HOIST, NECK, STRUCK BY, FROZEN, VERTEBRA

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300863560			Hospitalized injury	Freezing/Frost Bite	Assemblers

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