Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 778019 - Employee injured when pinned between hoist and tank

Accident Summary Nr: 778019 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 06/10/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102095965	06/11/1987	3949	0	Easton Aluminum/Salt Lake City Division

Abstract: Employee #1 was standing next to some tanks in an anodizing room, waiting for material to come out of the tanks. The employee was facing south while a hoist that was on automatic was traveling south. The hoist hit him in the back and pinned him in a 4 1/2 inch space between the hoist and a scrubber vent on the side of a tank. Employee #1 was hospitalized with bruises.

Keywords: PINNED, WORK RULES, HOIST, CAUGHT BETWEEN, STRUCK BY, TANK, CONTUSION, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	102095965			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.

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