OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1000819
HOISTING MECHANISM,CONSTRUCTION,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,FALLING OBJECT
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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