OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14259691
ERECTION PROCESS,DISMANTLING,BUILDING,IRON WORKER,CONSTRUCTION,OVERHEAD PROTECTION,STEEL ERECTION,STRUCK BY,ELEVATOR SHAFT
Event description
STRUCK BY A FALLING STEEL BOLT
Investigation abstract
AN IRON WORKER WAS STRUCK ON THE HEAD AND BACK OF THE NECK BY A 17 INCH LONG STE G IN THE FLOOR WHICH FELL STRIKING ONE OF THE IRON WORKERS IN THE BACK OF THE HE AD AND NECK. EL BOLT THAT FELL APPROX. 200FT FROM THE ELEVATOR PENTHOUSE TO THE BASEMENT WHER E THEY WERE WORKING. THE IRONWORKERS WERE ASSIGNED TASK OF POTTING STRUCTURAL ST EEL IN THE BASEMENT LEVEL OF THE SHAFT. THERE WAS A PROTECTIVE WOODEN DECKING BU ILT APPROX 15' ABOVE THEIR WORK AREA. TWO IRONWORKERS WENT ABOVE THE DECKING TO WRAP A WIRE ROPE SLING AROUND THE GUIDE RAIL, WHICH WAS GOING TO BE USED TO SUSP END A COME-A-LONG. TWO ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEES WERE WORKING IN THE ELEVA TOR MACHINGERY ROOM (PENTHOUSE) APPROX. 200' ABOVE THE DECKING, DISMANTLING MACH INERY. A BOLT 17" LONG X 1&1/2IN.D ; WT: 10.2 LBS. WAS DROPPED THROUGH AN OPENIN
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 42 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 597
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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