OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14387617
MILISAV VELISAULJEVIC
ZION, IL·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE STRUCK BY SLING-LOADED I-BEAM
Investigation abstract
A FRONT END LOADER WAS BEING USED TO MOVE A 15 FOOT LONG I-BEAM ACROSS THE GROUN DS OF A CONSTRUCTION SITE. THE BEAM WAS CONNECTED TO THE LOADER BY A SINGLE-LEGG ED WIRE ROPE SLING, USING A CHOKER HITCH. AS THE BEAM WAS BEING DRAGGED IT WAS D IGGING A FURROW IN THE GROUND. IT SUDDENLY STRUCK A BELOW-GROUND OBSTRUCTION AND PIVOTED INTO THE AIR AT THE END TO WHICH THE SLING WAS CONNECTED. EMPLOYEE #1, WHO WAS WALKING NEARBY, WAS STRUCK AND KILLED BY THE PIVOTING I-BEAM.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 17 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 2
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