OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14380075

SOFCO ERECTORS, INC

HAMILTON, OH· 1987-06-11T11:00:00

Event: WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, TIE-OFF, UNSTABLE POSITION
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #101694628
Employer profile: SOFCO ERECTORS, INC
Summary number: 14380075
Report ID: 522000

Event description

CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE KILLED IN 36 FOOT FALL

Investigation abstract

AT APPROXIMATELY 11 AM ON JUNE 11, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE " BOLTING UP" WHILE ABOUT 36 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. EMPLOYEE #1, WHO WAS NOT TIED OFF, WENT TO KNOCK LOOSE A JAMMED BOLT. AT THAT TIME, THE BEAM EMPLOYEE #1 WAS W ORKING ON ROLLED 90 DEGREES, CAUSING HIM TO FALL OFF THE BEAM IN THE DIRECTION W HICH IT HAD ROLLED. THE OTHER EMPLOYEE SAW THAT THE BEAM HAD BEEN CONNECTED WITH ONLY ONE BOLT. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS KILLED.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 27 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
13

Event type
5

Source
8

Occupation code
597

Human factor
20

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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