OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14247092

STEEL,COLLAPSE,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,CRUSHED,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,UNSTABLE LOAD

1987-05-08T00:00:00

Event: STEEL,COLLAPSE,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,CRUSHED,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,UNSTABLE LOAD
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14247092
Report ID: 317500

Event description

Employee killed when struck by falling steel

Investigation abstract

Employee #1, a member of a two-man material handling crew, had just placed two l ift loads of 0.25-in. by 19.5-ft steel flats that were secured with two steel ba nds apiece, one on top of the other. After disconnecting the chains, he had turn ed to walk away when the bottom lift collapsed, causing it and the lift above it to fall over onto him. Employee #1 was crushed to death. The two lifts weighed over 9 tons.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 49 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
3

Event type
1

Source
28

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
4

Task assigned
1

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