"a 300-kilo iron bar came loose from a crane on the factory..."

 

Almost every plant has overhead cranes to move raw products, supplies, and finished products. The hazard with suspended loads is well known. Yet still incidents occur. Here is a recent incident highlighting the hazard of suspended loads.

After a serious accident at work one afternoon in July 2024, at the (aluminium extrusion company), the affected worker died (two days later).

This sad news was shared with our editorial team by police spokeswoman.

"The 57-year-old died (date removed)."

As reported on (previously) on request, a 300-kilo iron bar came loose from a crane on the factory premises on (location omitted) shortly after 12 noon. It hit the 57-year-old worker, who was trapped and suffered serious injuries.

A rescue helicopter was in action at the scene of the accident

Whether and in what form there was third-party negligence in the accident at work is now being investigated. The Office for Occupational Safety and Health is also involved in the investigation of this tragic accident, said police spokeswoman.

We offer our sincere condolences to the deceased worker and their family, friends, and coworkers. We acknowledge that we are assuming it was a suspended load. We do not know that for sure. We did see a social media post commenting that it was.

On our travels we take the opportunity to observe. Observe workers performing routine tasks. One common task is the movement of overhead cranes. We commonly observe workers placing themselves in harm’s way. This occurs for a myriad of reasons but all too often the worker is focused on the task at hand and fails to consider their own safety.

We will update this post if we learn more.

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