Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 670745 - Employee dies after struck by falling load

Accident Summary Nr: 670745 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 09/21/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104063623	09/22/1988	3471	0	Architectural Anodizing Corp Of America

Abstract: At approximately 9:00 a.m. on September 21, 1988, Employee #1 was moving a bundle of aluminum with a 2 ton overhead bridge crane. The employee had attached the load block from this crane to the bundle with four hooks suspended by chains to the steel banding that was around each end of the bundle. Employee #1 had the load elevated over 6 ft high when the load apparently shifted and one of the bands broke on the end next to the employee. Employee #1 was knocked to the floor. The aluminum in this bundle weighed 990 lb and was 179 in. long. The bundle landed on Employee #1's body, leaving just his head exposed. Employee #1 died of a fractured skull at the hospital 2 hours later.

Keywords: FRACTURE, LOAD SHIFT, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, SKULL, OVERHEAD CRANE, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, UNSTABLE LOAD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104063623			Fatality	Concussion	Crane and tower operators

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