OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #708883
EIMCO PROCESS EQUIPMENT CO
SALT LAKE CITY, UT—
Event description
STEEL PLATE FELL ON FOOT, CAUSING FRACTURE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1, WORKING WITH A 1 TON JIB CRANE WITH A PLATE CLAMP ATTACHED, HAD COM PLETED MAKING CUTS FROM A 1/8 INCH STEEL PLATE ON A POWER SHEAR. HE HAD PICKED U P THE REMAINING PIECE OF STEEL PLATE, USING THE PLATE CLAMP, AND WAS IN THE PROC ESS OF STACKING THE SECTION OF PLATE, VERTICALLY, WITH OTHER PLATES. AS HE WAS L OWERING THE PLATE INTO THE STACK, THE CLAMP HUNG UP ON ANOTHER SECTION OF PLATE IN THE STACK. THIS TOOK THE WEIGHT OFF THE CLAMP CHAIN, WHICH RELEASED THE SECTI ON OF STEEL PLATE BEING HELD BY THE CLAMP. IT DROPPED ONTO THE EMPLOYEE'S FOOT, APPROXIMATELY ONE INCH BEHIND THE STEEL TOE, AND BROKE HIS FOOT. THE PLATE WEIGH ED APPROXIMATELY 75 POUNDS.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 655
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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