OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14234587

HOISTING MECHANISM,UNSECURED,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT

1988-05-24T00:00:00

Event: HOISTING MECHANISM,UNSECURED,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14234587
Report ID: 627700

Event description

Employee killed when struck by falling load

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 walked into an area where a coworker had completed welding one side of a 1,400 pound base plate for a lifting device. A plate clamp had been attache d to one end of the base plate and raised to a 70 degree angle. As Employee #1 c ame into the area to help the coworker push the base plate over, he walked up to the coworker to say something. Employee #1 was standing below the suspended loa d when the plate clamp released, causing the load to fall on him, killing him.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 29 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
24

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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