OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14379325
CRUSHED,ELEC UTILITY WORK,MECH MAT HANDLING,LOAD LINE,AERIAL LIFT,OVERTURN
Event description
CRUSHED BY OVERTURNING STOPGATE
Investigation abstract
TWO ELECTRIC UTILITY EMPLOYEES WERE USING A CHAIN FALL ON AN OVERHEAD MONORAIL T AL INJURIES CAUSING HIS DEATH. O MOVE A STOPGATE. THE STOPGATE, WHICH WAS 6 FEET, 9 INCHES HIGH, 11 FEET, 4 INC HES WIDE, AND 10 INCHES DEEP AND WHICH WEIGHED ABOUT 2000 POUNDS, WAS USED TO ST OP THE FLOW OF WATER AT THE INTAKE ALONG THE RIVER. THE EMPLOYEES SET THE STOPGA TE DOWN ON THE WALKWAY AND UNHOOKED THE CHAIN FALL. THEN AN AERIAL LIFT WAS MOVE D INTO POSITION TO HOOK THE STOPGATE TO PLACE IT INTO ITS FINAL POSITION. AS THE AERIAL LIFT WAS MOVED OVER THE FREESTANDING STOPGATE, THE HOOK SUSPENDED FROM T HE BOOM OF THE LIFT HIT THE STOPGATE AND KNOCKED IT OVER. IT FELL ONTO ONE OF TH E TWO EMPLOYEES AND PINNED HIM AGAINST A GUARDRAIL. THE EMPLOYEE SUFFERED INTERN
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 7
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 2
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