OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14273254
HEAD,SHIPYARD,UNSECURED,PINNED,WORK RULES,SHIP,SCAFFOLD
Event description
Employee killed when head pinned to ship by scaffold
Investigation abstract
A company's change in past practices in supporting a covered scaffold hanging ov er the side of a ship resulted in the supporting brackets being removed in error . Employee #1, who was working within the scaffold, had to reach between the edg e of the scaffold and the side of the ship to loosen a clamp. When he did, the 6 ,000 lb scaffold swung into the side of the ship and pinned Employee 1's head. E mployee #1 died the following day, March 8, 1989.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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