Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 671693 - EMPLOYEE STRUCK BY FALLING CRANE MAGNET AND LOAD

Accident Summary Nr: 671693 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 08/05/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101971497	08/06/1986	4213	0	J. Sandman & Sons Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101971489	08/06/1986	5093	0	Vulcan Materials Company

Abstract: ON AUGUST 5, 1886, EMPLOYEE #1'S SEMI-TRAILER, LOADED WITH CANS, WAS BEING UNLOADED BY AN AMERICAN CRAWLER CRANE. ALL OF THE MATERIAL HAD BEEN UNLOADED EXCEPT SOME CANS LOCATED AT THE NOSE OF THE TRAILER WHERE THE MAGNET COULDN'T REACH. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE PULLED THE TRAILER OUT OF THE UNLOADING AREA SO THAT EMPLOYEE #1 COULD SWEEP THE LOOSE CANS TO THE REAR OF THE TRAILER. WHEN EMPLOYEE #1 FINISHED SWEEPING HE INSTRUCTED THE OTHER EMPLOYEE TO RE-BACK THE TRUCK INTO THE UNLOADING AREA. THE CRANE OPERATER HAD LIFTED A LOAD AND WAS TRYING TO LOCK IT INTO POSITION WHEN THE LOAD OF SCRAP BEGAN TO FALL. FOR SOME REASON EMPLOYEE #1 WALKED UNDER THE LOAD, AND WAS STRUCK AND KILLED BY THE LOAD AND MAGNET.

Keywords: MAGNET, WORK RULES, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, CRANE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101971497			Fatality	Fracture	Truck drivers, heavy
2	101971489					Occupation Not Listed

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