Dangerous incident | SinNot 2018/00964
Summary: A boilermaker suffered a fractured foot. The boilermaker was cutting a steel plate from an excavator bucket when the steel plate fell to the ground. The steel plate bounced on the ground and hit the boilermaker’s foot.
Recommendations to industry: Work planning should include the requirements for loads to be supported during removal and lowered in a controlled fashion. This applies not only to tasks involving hot work but loads retained by mechanical means.
Recommendations to industry: Work planning should include the requirements for loads to be supported during removal and lowered in a controlled fashion. This applies not only to tasks involving hot work but loads retained by mechanical means.
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