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Accident: 14296842 - Conveyor Fell, Striking And Injuring Two Employees

Accident: 14296842 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 07/09/1986
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
1885473708/07/19861796Mechanical Welding, Inc.
EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 WERE PART OF A CREW ERECTING A DOVER RADIAL STACKER CONVEYOR. THE TOWER AND CONVEYOR HAD BEEN SET IN PLACE, BUT SEVERAL "FINISH UP" TASKS REMAINED. EMPLOYEE #1 AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE ASSIGNED THE JOB OF INSTALLING GUARDS ON AN ELECTRIC WINCH AT THE TAIL END OF THE CONVEYOR. EMPLOYEE #2 AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE GIVEN THE JOB OF STRAIGHTENING A SPREADER BAR AT THE HEAD OF THE CONVEYOR. THE CONVEYOR WAS SUPPORTED BY A CRANE WHILE THE SPREADER BAR WAS BEING WORKED ON. THE TOWER, 67 FEET TALL, WAS NOT ADEQUATELY SUPPORTED DURING THIS OPERATION AND FELL TOWARD THE CONVEYOR TAIL SECTION. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STRUCK ON THE HEAD, RECEIVING INJURIES REQUIRING HOSPITALIZATION. EMPLOYEE #2 WAS PINNED BY THE SUPPORT GUYS AT THE HEAD OF THE CONVEYOR AND RECEIVED CUTS AND BRUISES ON HIS LEGS.
Keywords: head, unsecured, laceration, conveyor, struck by, falling object, contusion, crane, leg
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 18854737 Hospitalized injury Concussion Not specified mechanics and repairers
2 18854737 Hospitalized injury Bruise/Contus/Abras Not specified mechanics and repairers

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