OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14325351
AMCO INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED
FORD CITY, PA·
Event description
Employee killed when crushed by falling prefabricated device
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and a coworker were assembling a double roll tong lifting device tha t was used as a below-the-hook lifting device. This device, which was in the fab rication assembly phase, had been partially assembled on its side on the floor. A bridge crane had then lifted it upright and set it on the four tong arms. As t he two workers attempted to align the top of the assembly to insert key trunion pins, the crane hook that was stabilizing the tongs was removed. It was needed f or the final assembly because other lifting equipment was not available. While t he two workers were aligning the assembly to insert the pins, the tong device co llapsed. Employee #1 was caught as the device tipped over and crushed to death.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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