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Accident: 14347231 - Employee Struck And Killed By Sling

Accident: 14347231 -- Report ID: 0418300 -- Event Date: 06/29/1989
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
1838354707/06/19893321American Cast Iron Pipe Company
Employee #1 released an alloy sling from a pipe-mold that had been placed in a lathe. When the crane operator raised the sling, it caught on the machine bed causing the hook to break. The sling struck the employee in the face resulting in the fatal injury.
Keywords: fracture, crane hook, struck by, sling, face
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 18383547 Fatality Fracture Occupation not reported

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