OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1002492

BEAM,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRIPPED,FALL,WALKING ON BEAM,TIE-OFF

1988-09-21T00:00:00

Event: BEAM,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRIPPED,FALL,WALKING ON BEAM,TIE-OFF
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 1002492
Report ID: 751910

Event description

Employee killed in fall from elevated I-beam

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 and a coworker were on an I-beam 32 ft above the adjacent level. Wit h their safety belts tied off, they used a torch to cut an 8 ft diameter steel r ing. When the cut was complete, they pulled the ring up from a vertical position and laid it horizontally across two I-beams. They then unhooked their safety be lts and proceeded to move along one of the beams. Employee #1 tripped over the r ing or the torch hose and fell 32 ft to his death.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 24 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
5

Source
5

Occupation code
999

Human factor
6

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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