October 10, 1994
UT · Metal/Non-Metal
crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger
MACHINERY
Concrete Products Co-Div/Gibbons & Reed Company · Contact with hot objects or substances
OPERATOR WAS CHANGING THE DRAG CABLE ON DRAGLINE. HE CUT THE CABLE LOOSE FROM THE DRUM WITH A CUTTING TORCH. WHEN HE PULLED THE END THROUGH THE FAIRLEED, IT WRAP AROUND HIS LEG & THE HOT END B URNED HIM BEHIND THE KNEE. DUE TO INFECTION SETTING IN HE OBTAINED MEDICAL ATTENTION ON 11-9-94.