OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14341549

BEAM,HEAD,ROPE,SLIP,SUSPENDED LOAD,CONSTRUCTION,CHOKER CABLE,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT

1987-07-01T00:00:00

Event: BEAM,HEAD,ROPE,SLIP,SUSPENDED LOAD,CONSTRUCTION,CHOKER CABLE,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14341549
Report ID: 418800

Event description

Employee killed when struck by I-beam

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was working beneath a Manitowoc 3900 crane that was swinging an I-be am to workers who were erecting scaffold-type forms. The beam slipped out of its hitch, a polypropylene rope choker, and fell approximately 90 feet, striking Em ployee #1 on the head and killing him.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 30 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
24

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
5

Task assigned
1

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