Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 828897 - Employee's wrist fractured when struck by bar

Accident Summary Nr: 828897 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 03/19/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104250477	03/19/1990	1791	0	Northwest Erection Services, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104236005	03/19/1990	1542	0	Ringland-Johnson-Crowley Company
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104250485	03/19/1990	1731	0	Schammel Electrical Contracting
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104250493	03/19/1990	1711	0	National Sheet Metal Co., Inc.

Abstract: Several employees were installing a new 1.125-in.-diameter wire rope load line onto a Manitowoc 250-ton crane (Model No. H100W). To hold tension on the wire rope as it was wound onto the drum, Employee #1 attached a 0.5-in.-diameter chocker to the end of the boom, turned the load line around, and inserted a lever bar in the other end of the chocker, holding it by hand. This procedure caused too much tension, so the drum was stopped. Employee #1 was going to take off one turn and release tension on the bar. The bar came loose and hit him on the wrist, fracturing the large bone and dislocating a small bone. He was hospitalized for his injuries.

Keywords: STRUCK BY, WRIST, UNSECURED, FRACTURE, INSTALLING, CONSTRUCTION, DISLOCATED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104250477	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Structural metal workers
2	104236005			Occupation Not Listed
3	104250485			Occupation Not Listed
4	104250493			Occupation Not Listed

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