Inspection Detail

Inspection: 104518634 - Northland Constructors, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Minnesota Department Of Labor And Industry

Inspection Nr: 104518634

Report ID: 0552700

Date Opened: 05/12/1987

Site Address:
Northland Constructors, Inc.
Miller Hill Mall Addn., 1600 Miller Trunk Hwy.
Duluth, MN 55811

Mailing Address:
6219 Rice Lake Rd., Duluth, MN 55803

Union Status: Union

SIC:1629

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 05/12/1987

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 05/22/1987

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360759658

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 689232

Event: 05/12/1987

EMPLOYEE INJURED WHEN STRUCK BY FALLING CRUSHER HOPPER

AT APPROXIMATELY 7:28 AM ON MAY 12, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ASSISTING IN THE JOB OF LOADING HALF A PRIMARY ROCK CRUSHER HOPPER ONTO A FLAT-BED TRAILER. THE HOPPER WAS REMOVED FROM THE CRUSHER AND LOADED ONTO THE TRAILER ALONGSIDE THE CRUSHER. THE LOAD WAS LOWERED UNTIL THE LIFTING CHAINS WENT SLACK. EMPLOYEE #1 REMOVED THE CHAIN MIDWAY OF THE LOAD WHILE THE TRUCK DRIVER WHO WAS HELPING TO LOAD THE UNIT REMOVED THE FORWARD HOOK. AFTER THE HOOKS WERE REMOVED EMPLOYEE #1 STARTED WALKING FORWARD ALONG THE RIGHT EDGE OF THE TRAILER. SUDDENLY THE UNIT, WHICH, WHILE ON THE GROUND HAD BEEN BALANCED AT A POINT OUT OF SIGHT OF THE WORKERS, TIPPED OVER TO THE RIGHT AND FELL OFF THE TRAILER. THE HOPPER KNOCKED EMPLOYEE #1 TO THE GROUND AND FELL ON HIM. HE SUSTAINED INTERNAL INJURIES AND A BROKEN PELVIS AND HAD TO BE TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL.

Keywords: FRACTURE, UNSECURED, CONSTRUCTION, PELVIS, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, UNSTABLE POSITION

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104518634			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Supervisors, n.e.c.

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