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April 21, 2007 - Anthony J. Dier: 64 years old; Mechanic; 35 years seniority; Kohler Company; Kohler, Wisconsin; LU 833, Region 4. The victim and another mechanic were assigned to disassemble the lid of an electric arc furnace, which included a shaft and yoke assembly, and remove it from the building. After disassembly, the mechanics moved the lid by fork truck to a second story access door and dropped it to the yard below. They could not separate the yoke and shaft as planned so a decision was made to move it in one piece. At this point, the second mechanic went down to the first floor. It is likely the victim used a fork truck to move the shaft and yoke assembly to the second story access door and attempted to transfer it to the yard using a 10 ton, pendulum controlled, overhead crane located nearby. The shaft and yoke assembly apparently fell, striking the victim in the head and pinning him to the floor. The victim was working alone at the time of the incident. |
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