OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14224059

HEAD,ROPE,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,CAUGHT BETWEEN,ENTANGLED,NIP POINT,UNGUARDED

1988-03-25T10:15:00

Event: HEAD,ROPE,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,CAUGHT BETWEEN,ENTANGLED,NIP POINT,UNGUARDED
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14224059
Report ID: 355112

Event description

CONSTRUCTION WORKER KILLED WHEN CAUGHT BY ROPE AND CAPSTAN

Investigation abstract

AT APPROXIMATELY 10:15 AM ON MARCH 25, 1988, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A HOISTIN G LINE DURING THE PROCESS OF HANGING LIGHTS ABOUT 80 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. HE M OVED INTO THE PROXIMITY OF THE ROTATING CAPSTAN ON THE FRONT OF THE WORK TRUCK. HE THEN BECAME ENTANGLED IN THE POLYPROPYLENE ROPE AND WAS DRAWN INTO, AND BECAM E BOUND TO, THE CAPSTAN IN SUCH A WAY THAT HIS HEAD WAS CAUGHT IN A PINCHPOINT B ETWEEN THE ROTATING CAPSTAN AND THE BUMPER. THE TOP PART OF HIS HEAD WAS REMOVED JUST ABOVE THE EYES.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 45 M

Nature of injury
1

Part of body
13

Event type
2

Source
27

Occupation code
999

Human factor
10

Environmental factor
1

Task assigned
1

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