OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1000819
AMERICAN SIGN AND INDICATOR CORPORATION
CHARLOTTE, NC·
Event description
No one injured when scoreboard falls
Investigation abstract
Because the limit switch on the electric drum hoist that raises and lowers a 22, 000 lb scoreboard was inoperable, the scoreboard was raised against a supporting structure. The suspension points from the scoreboard pulled out, causing it to fall approximately 60 ft to the floor. No one was injured
Victim
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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