OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14234561
SEVERED,SPINE,WORK RULES,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,NECK,STRUCK BY,UNSTABLE LOAD
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY STAIRCASE SECTION
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING A SECTION OF A FABRICATED SPIRAL STAIRC 2500 POUND SECTION OF STAIRCASE SHIFTED TOWARD THE FORKLIFT, STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1 IN THE NECK AND SEVERED HIS SPINE. HE WAS KILLED. ASE. HE HAD ATTACHED A CHAIN SLING TO FOUR POINTS OF THE STAIRCASE SECTION. HE U SED A 6000 POUND CAPACITY FORKLIFT TO APPLY TENSION TO THE LOAD. AFTER ADJUSTING THE CHAINS FOR A BETTER BALANCE, HE ATTEMPTED TO LIFT THE LOAD AGAIN. AS HE LIF TED THE SECTION OF STAIRCASE, HE COULD SEE THAT THE LEFT SIDE BOTTOM OF THE STAI RCASE WAS STILL TACKWELDED TO THE 1 INCH BASE PLATE USED FOR FLOORING IN THE FAB RICATION AREA. HE DISMOUNTED THE FORKLIFT WITHOUT EASING THE TENSION ON THE LOAD . HE LAY ON THE FLOOR, PUT HIS HEAD AND RIGHT ARM UNDER THE STAIRCASE, AND CUT T HE TACKWELD LOOSE USING A TORCH IN HIS RIGHT HAND. WHEN THE WELD CAME LOOSE, THE
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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