NATIONAL MAINTENANCE & REPAIR, INC.
Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part - Fractures - HARTFORD, Illinois
| Employer | NATIONAL MAINTENANCE & REPAIR, INC. |
| Address | 401 S Hawthorne |
| City, State ZIP | HARTFORD, Illinois 62048 |
| Report ID | 2019021955 |
| Event Date | February 21, 2019 |
| Outcome | Hospitalized |
| Nature of Injury | Fractures |
| Body Part | Leg(s), unspecified |
| Event Type | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| Source of Injury | Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c. |
| Secondary Source | Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified |
| Industry (NAICS) | 336611 |
| Inspection # | 1381970 |
| GPS Coordinates | 38.83342, -90.08378 |
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Incident Narrative
On 2/21/2019, two employees were working to repair/resurface a 120-inch, five blade, four-ton wheel propeller inside the propeller repair shop at a shipyard repair facility. The propeller was just removed from the straightening press and the employees were in the process of moving it over to a floor stand so they could weld it, grind it and apply cosmetic treatment to it. They used an under the hook hoist system to move the propeller over to the floor stand. Once in position, they attempted to place the propeller on the stand by lowering it down onto the top of the stand and then slacking the chain. However, it would not sit flush on the stand and both agreed that they needed a different stand. One employee went to get a different stand, heard a crash and saw that the propeller had started to slide off the stand with the hoist chains now tight. The second employee suffered a deep laceration/fracture to their left leg.
Incident Summary
On February 21, 2019, a worker at NATIONAL MAINTENANCE & REPAIR, INC. in HARTFORD, Illinois suffered fractures to the leg(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part, with vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.
Context
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