EE WAS WELDING ON A CHUTE AT THE PLANT A HOT PIECE OF SLAG WENT INTO HIS BOOT AND LODGED BELOW HIS ANKLE CAUSING A BURN.
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Showing all 52 EMPLOYEES WERE IN A MAN-LIFT BASKET ATTACHED TO AN ALL TERRAIN CRANE. THEY WERE BEING HOISTED TO CHECK A REDUCER ON AN OVERHEAD CONVEYOR. THE CABLE BROKE & THEY FELL 18-20' TO GROUND. ON E EMPLOYEE HAD A BROKEN LEG AND THE OTHER HAD TWO BROKEN LEGS, TWO BROKEN ANKLES, BROKEN PELVIS.
TWO EMPLOYEE WERE IN A MANLIFT BASKET ATTACHED TO AN ALL TERAIN CRANE. THEY WERE BEING HOISTED TO CHECK A REDUCER ON AN OVERHEAD CONVEYOR. THE CABLE BROKE & THEY FELL 18-20' TO GROUND. ONE EMPLOYEE HAD BROKEN LEG AND THE OTHER HAD TWO BROKEN LEGS, TWO BROKEN ANKLES & BROKEN PELVIS.
WITNESSED FATALITY WAS VISIBLY UPSET TAKEN TO HOSPITAL WHEN HYPER VENTALATING.
EE WAS INSTALLING A CATWALK BOARD AND WAS NOTCHING IT FOR AN ANGLE IRON. THE BOARD SLIPPED AND HE REACHED FOR IT CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND FALL TO THE GROUND APPROX. 15 FT BELOW HE L ANDED ON HIS SHOULER AND HIS BACK. THERE WAS A LITTLE FROST ON THE BOARDS THIS WAS A NEW AREA AND THEY WERE INSTALLING THE BOARDS AS A PLACE TO WORK FROM TO INSTALL THE HAND RAILS.