OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14187041

EXCEL HOMES, INC.

MIFFLINTOWN, PA· 1987-04-28T00:00:00

Event: SEVERED, HOISTING MECHANISM, SPINE, WORK RULES, LOAD SHIFT, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, BACK, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, VERTEBRA
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #768937
Employer profile: EXCEL HOMES, INC.
Summary number: 14187041
Report ID: 316700

Event description

Employee killed when struck by falling hoist load

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 and a coworker built a 14-ft by 46-ft wooden floor for a modular hom e. They then attached a lifting device and raised the floor. The two employees l eft the hoist controls with the load suspended and, with Employee's #1 back to i t, they started to build another floor. The lifting device broke at one end, cau sing the floor to shift and to strike Employee #1 in the back. He died of a seve red spinal cord.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 26 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
24

Occupation code
999

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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