OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14354245
GARY CONCRETE PRODUCTS, INC.
SAVANNAH, GA·
Event description
EMPLOYEE CRUSHED TO DEATH; CONCRETE PILE STACKS FELL ON HIM
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 4:30 PM ON JUNE 17, 1986 EMPLOYEE #1 WAS HOOKING UP A 14 BY 14 OYEE #1 DIED BEFORE BEING REMOVED 1 1/2 HOURS AFTER THE ACCIDENT. BY 55 FEET CONCRETE PILE THAT WAS TO BE LOADED ONTO A TRUCK USING A MODEL 500A1 (27 1/2 TON) DROTT TRAVEL LIFT CRANE (SERIAL #2219). BEFORE LOADING COULD BEGIN SEVERAL PILES THAT THE EMPLOYEE HAD STACKED TO ACCUMULATE THE PILING HE NEEDED F OR THE SHIPMENT FELL OVER ONTO HIM. HE WAS PINNED BETWEEN SEVERAL CONCRETE PILES FROM THE WAIST DOWN. EACH PILE WEIGHED APPROXIMATELY 3 TONS. THE CRANE COULD NO T BE USED TO REMOVE THE PILES FROM FROM ATOP THE EMPLOYEE BECAUSE THE CRANE HOOK S WERE BURIED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PILES. REMOVAL OF THESE PILES WAS FURTHER DEL AYED BY THEIR POSITION. THE "EYES" FOR THE CRANE HOOKS WERE NOT ACCESSIBLE, EMPL
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Hazardous substance
- 8330
- Task assigned
- 1
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