Inspection Detail

Inspection: 107971871 - Sheller Globe

Inspection Information - Office: Indiana Department Of Labor

Inspection Nr: 107971871

Report ID: 0551800

Date Opened: 09/26/1988

Site Address:
Sheller Globe
Main St
Grabill, IN 46741

Mailing Address:
Po Box 500, Grabill, IN 46741

Union Status: Union

SIC:3714

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 10/17/1988

Planning Guide: Safety-Manufacturing

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 11/30/1988

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360471841

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 975805

Event: 09/24/1988

Employee killed, another injured, when lift collapses

At approximately 1:30 a.m. on September 24, 1988, Employees #1 and #2 were installing an overhead water pipe from a hydraulic lift basket. The basket collapsed and fell 15 ft to the floor when the boom column separated from the boom pin at the top knuckle on the lift. As the basket fell, Employee #1 was impaled in the right side of her chest by a 2 foot long by 1 1/2 inch square metal beam that was attached in an upright position to a cut-off saw table. Employee #1 was taken to Parkview Hospital in Ft. Wayne, where she was pronounced dead on arrival. Employee #2 suffered only minor bruises and abrasions. The hydraulics of the Roto Zoom 30 lift basket, serial #0403712790210, did not fail.

Keywords: CHEST, METAL BAR, INSTALLING, BOOM, IMPALED, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, ABRASION, FALL, AERIAL LIFT, CONTUSION

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	107971871			Fatality	Puncture	Helpers, mechanics and repairers
2	107971871			Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Industrial machinery repairers

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