OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14223564
INDUSTRIAL SCRAP CORPORATION
EAST CHICAGO, IN—
Event description
Employee struck by electromagnet and dragline cable
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a cutter, was helping to load a trailer in a scrap yard. He was in the bed of a trailer removing unwanted scrap and directing a crane operator. The operator of the American crawler crane had picked up a load of scrap with the c rane's the electromagnet and was placing the load into the trailer. The dragline cable on the magnet broke approximately 20 feet from the magnet, causing the ma gnet to swing wildly. The magnet struck the side of the trailer, then struck Emp loyee #1 in the chest. He died from lacerations of the heart, both lungs, and sp leen.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 783
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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