Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201342227 - Employee killed when crushed by falling cage

Accident Summary Nr: 201342227 -- Report ID: 0729700 -- Event Date: 02/08/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305024671	02/11/2002	3325	0	Atchison Steel Casting & Machinery

Abstract: Employee #1, an assistant operator of the no-bake foundry blast unit was setting a cage prior to moving it from the vertical to the horizontal position to reload with casts. The cage weighing 1,540 pounds empty fell from the "T" bar suspension mechanism of Number 3 carrier. Employee #1 was crushed and killed.

Keywords: CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, FOUNDRY, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	305024671			Fatality	Other	Laborers, except construction

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