Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14297527

BETHLEHEM STEEL CORPORATION

Event
WHEEL, WORK RULES, COLUMN, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRANE
NAICS
000000
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#2857654
Employer profile
BETHLEHEM STEEL CORPORATION
Summary number
14297527
Report ID
352420

Event description

Employee killed when smashed between crane and steel column

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was out on a crane runway as a crane passed by. He was smashed betwe en a steel column and the crane wheel truck and was killed. Employee #1 was not authorized to be on the runway and did not follow the company's written safety r ules.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 54 M

    Nature of injury
    1
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    1
    Source
    27
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    1
    Task assigned
    2

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