OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14224059

E. G. MIDDLETON, INC.

PORTSMOUTH, VA· 1988-03-25T10:15:00

Event: HEAD, ROPE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, CAUGHT BETWEEN, ENTANGLED, NIP POINT, UNGUARDED
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #105677355
Employer profile: E. G. MIDDLETON, INC.
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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