OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14348312

WIRE ROPE,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,STRUCK BY,FLYING OBJECT,DECAPITATED

1984-12-12T00:00:00

Event: WIRE ROPE,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,STRUCK BY,FLYING OBJECT,DECAPITATED
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14348312
Report ID: 418400

Event description

Employee killed when decapitated by wire rope strands

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 and coworkers were manufacturing precast prestressed reinforced conc rete bridge beams and tying rebar along a 4-beam type IV bridge beam bed. He was approximately 14 feet north of A-frame #2, bending over the beam bed, when the elevating device (a Medco hold-down device) at A-frame #2 broke. This resulted i n the collapse of a stressed drape of eight 1/2 inch wire rope strands, which st ruck Employee #1 across the back of the neck, decapitating him.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 35 M

Nature of injury
1

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
28

Occupation code
888

Human factor
17

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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