OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14215412
CRUSHED,OVERHEAD CRANE,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,CRANE,UNSTABLE POSITION
Event description
STRUCK BY PIECE OF FALLING STRUCTURAL STEEL
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 STOOD A LARGE PIPE SUPPORT FRAME ON END AT THE EDGE OF A WORK TABLE IN ORDER TO MAKE FOUR SHORT WELDS. THE STRUCTURE WAS BEING HELD IN POSITION BY A N OVERHEAD CRANE. TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES NEEDED TO MOVE SOME MATERIAL PAST EMPLOYEE #1'S WORK STATION. TO MAKE ROOM, EMPLOYEE #1 WENT TO REMOVE THE CHAIN SLING FRO M THE PIECE HE WAS WELDING. WHEN THE ASSEMBLY WAS NO LONGER SUPPORTED BY THE CHA IN, IT TIPPED OVER ONTO EMPLOYEE #1, KILLING HIM.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 48 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 783
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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