OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14312110
WIRE ROPE,WORK RULES,NECK,STRUCK BY,INATTENTION
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN WHIPPING WIRE ROPE STRUCK HIM IN NECK
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ENGAGED IN WIRE ROPE STRETCHING OPERATIONS. AS HE WALKED OVER A SLACK PART OF THE LINE, THE WIRE GRIPPERS SLIPPED. THE WIRE ROPE BECAME TAUT AND WHIPPED, STRIKING HIM IN THE NECK AND INFLICTING FATAL INJURIES.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 14
- Task assigned
- 1
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