OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14382980
SCOTT LARSON DBA LARSON ROOFING & PAINTING
FREEPORT, IL·
Event description
Two employees killed when struck by hoist
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 and #2 were members of a three-man roofing crew that was dismantlin g a Reimann Georger trolley track hoist. Cement blocks had been removed from the counterweight system and were being lowered to the ground by a hoist. Employee #1, the hoist operator, allowed a load of four blocks to free fall approximately 40 ft, then abruptly applied the brake. The hoist flipped off the roof, knockin g Employee #1 over the roof's edge. It landed on Employee #2, who was standing o n the ground waiting to unload the blocks. Both employees were killed.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Fatality Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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