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Accident: 170890859 - Employee'S Finger Crushed Under Falling Blowhead
Accident: 170890859 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 04/20/1999 | |||||||
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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| 119737567 | 04/29/1999 | 3321 | U S Pipe & Foundry Company, Inc | ||||
| At approximately 11:00 a.m. on April 20, 1999, Employee #1 was assembling a foundry blowhead, a mandrel, and some core boxes on a pallet for storage. He was transporting the mandrel and the blowhead by bridge crane. The mandrel was secured to the crane by a two-part chain and the blowhead was balanced on top. The approximately 110 lb blowhead slipped off the mandrel and fell. Employee #1 tried to manually catch it, crushing his left index finger between the blowhead and a steel table. No accident-related violations were issued. Before the inspection, the employer had modified the procedure to move only one part at a time. The employee was trained in the procedure which, if performed as instructed, posed little if any hazard. Employee #1 had full control of the project and was injured because he tried to catch a falling object, which was likely a spontaneous impulse reaction. | |||||||
Keywords:
unsecured, finger, suspended load, gantry crane, caught between, crushed, mandrel, manual mat handling, mech mat handling, falling object
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| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
| 1 | 119737567 | Hospitalized injury | Fracture | Molding and casting machine operators | |||