OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14224596
VIRGINIA HOMES MANUFACTURING CORPORATION
BOYDTON, VA·
Event description
EMPLOYEES STRUCK BY FALLING STEEL BOOM
Investigation abstract
AT ABOUT 12:45 PM ON SEPTEMBER 3, 1986, EMPLOYEES #1, #2 AND #3 WERE HOOKING A 4 8 FOOT WALL SECTION TO A 40 FOOT STEEL BOOM. THE BOOM WAS ATTACHED TO THE LOAD H OOK OF A ONE-TON CHAIN HOIST. WHILE HOOKING THE HOOKS ON THE BOOM TO THE SECTION OF WALL, THE BOOM SLID OUT OF THE LOAD HOOK AND FELL, STRIKING EMPLOYEE #1 ON T HE HEAD BETWEEN HIS NOSE AND RIGHT EAR. EMPLOYEE #2 WAS GRAZED ON THE SIDE OF TH E HEAD, WHILE EMPLOYEE #3 WAS STRUCK ON THE SHOULDER. EMPLOYEES #2 & #3 WERE NOT HOSPITALIZED. EMPLOYEE #1 DIED AT THE SITE FROM MASSIVE HEAD INJURIES.
Victims (3)
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#1 Fatality Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 21
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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