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Accident: 14504732 - Employee Killed When Struck By Loose Crane Hook

Accident: 14504732 -- Report ID: 0728500 -- Event Date: 01/24/1991
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
10664145901/29/19913441Acme Structural, Inc.
AT APPROXIMATELY 8:15 AM ON JANUARY 29, 1990, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING ON A LARGE STEEL PANEL WEIGHING APPROXIMATELY 2,608 POUNDS AND MEASURING 22 FEET LONG AND 6 FEET WIDE. THE PANEL WAS SUPPORTED BY AN OVERHEAD CRANE CHAIN AND HOOK AND WAS SET ON METAL HORSES AT AN ANGLE. THE HOOK SLIPPED OFF OF THE STEEL PANEL AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1 ON THE HEAD, RESULTING IN HIS DEATH.
Keywords: head, crane hook, ppe, unsecured, overhead crane, struck by, crane
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 106641459 Fatality Other Occupation not reported

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