Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 691196 - Employee's elbow fractured in fall from crane assembly

Accident Summary Nr: 691196 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 09/26/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102104155	09/26/1986	3312	0	Uss Geneva Works

Abstract: A crane tong assembly--the main hoist assembly--had been removed from an overhead crane and was lying on metal sawhorses in a shop awaiting repairs. Another overhead crane was attached to a sheave assembly by two 3/8 in. wire rope slings. A jib crane was also being used to take up the weight on the wheel block assembly. Employee #1 was standing on top of the main assembly attempting to guide the tong ram into place when one of the wire rope slings on the overhead crane broke. The break did not move the main assembly, nor did the rope strike Employee #1, but his reaction caused him to fall approximately 5 ft from the assembly onto a metal sawhorse. He sustained a fractured elbow and was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, WIRE ROPE, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, FALL, ELBOW, LOST BALANCE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	102104155			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Supervisors, production occupations

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