OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14304711
LASH CORPORATION
KODIAK, AK·
Event description
Employee killed when crushed by falling load
Investigation abstract
At approximately 9:40 a.m. on June 19, 1989, Employee #1, a pile driver foreman of the operator as the load was raised. So he tried to move from behind the load to the front of it by passing under the suspended load. As he walked under the load, the left sling was cut on the sharp edge of the fork, and the load fell on him and crushed him. Employee #1 was pronounced dead at 11:00 a.m. at the Kodia k Island Hospital. for LASH Corp. in Kodiak, Alaska, and a coworker, a forklift operator, were atte mpting to move a bundle of creosote piling with a forklift. Employee #1 and the coworker had just moved three similar loads. The forklift operator picked up a 4 0,060 lb bundle of piling that was rigged with two 30 ft long, 7/8 in. diameter slings. Each sling had been wrapped around the bundle with a choke hitch, and th e remaining eyes of the two slings had been shackled together in the middle of t he load. The forks of the forklift were then placed under the bridle and the bun dle was lifted. Employee #1, who was rigging and signaling the move, lost sight
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 40 Male
- Nature of injury
- Puncture (18)
- Part of body
- MULTIPLE (19)
- Accident type
- STRUCK BY (1)
- Source of injury
- MATERIALS HANDLG EQ. (27)
- Occupation
- Construction trades, n.e.c. (599)
- Human factor
- MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
- Environmental factor
- OVERHEAD MOVING/FALLING OBJ AC (6)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
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