OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14382972
LIEBOVICH BROTHERS INCORPORATED
ROCKFORD, IL·
Event description
Employee killed when struck by falling racks of steel angles
Investigation abstract
Two overhead pendant control cranes were being used to remove steel angles from cks suddenly fell over, landing on Employee #1 and killing him. a rack and full racks of angles from the same rack system. There was no coordina tion of efforts between the two cranes. One crane was positioned at the side of the rack system trying to remove angles from the third rack. At the same time, t he other crane was attempting to remove the fourth and fifth rack, the top two r acks, from the same rack system. The crane trying to remove the angles from the third rack lifted 4 or 5 angles several inches until the hook slipped. Employee #1, the other crane operator, was standing in front of the rack system, attempti ng to connect the rack lifter to the fifth rack. The third, fourth, and fifth ra
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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