Inspection Detail

Inspection: 104250485 - Schammel Electrical Contracting

Inspection Information - Office: Iowa 0751910

Inspection Nr: 104250485

Report ID: 0751910

Date Opened: 03/19/1990

Site Address:
Schammel Electrical Contracting
111 West State Street
Mason City, IA 50401

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 735, Austin, MN 55912

Union Status: Union

SIC:1731

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Planned

Scope: Complete

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 03/20/1990

Planning Guide: Safety-Construction

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 03/20/1990

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 828897

Event: 03/19/1990

Employee's wrist fractured when struck by bar

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

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104250485					Occupation Not Listed

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