OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14301915
J. T. THORPE, INC.
HURLEY, NM·
Event description
Employee killed when struck by falling metal stairway
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was cleaning up cut firebrick fragments on the furnace floor level o f a smelter. At the same time, three workers from another contractor were loweri ng a metal stairway, which was suspended above the area in which Employee #1 was working. The stairway was hooked to a chain fall and to a padeye. The weld on t he padeye broke, dropping the stairway on top of Employee #1 and causing multipl e injuries to his head, neck, chest and back, of which he died. Employee #1 and the workers had not been aware of each others' presence and no warning signs wer e posted.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 47 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 564
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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