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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14391270

HEAD,RIGGING,PILE DRIVER,ROPE,CONSTRUCTION,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT

Event
HEAD,RIGGING,PILE DRIVER,ROPE,CONSTRUCTION,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14391270
Report ID
625700

Event description

CONSTRUCTION WORKER KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY PILE DRIVER INSERT

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1 AND 2 OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE RIGGING UP LEADS TO A PILEDRIVER. THE 130 INSERT DRAGGED EMPLOYEE #1 DOWN THE LEADS, CAUSING MULTIPLE CRUSHING INJURIES TH AT RESULTED IN HIS DEATH. FOOT LONG LEADS WERE LAID ON THE GROUND AND AN INSERT (3 FEET 10 INCHES BY 2 FE ET, 8 INCHES BY 18 FEET LONG, WEIGHING 2,900 POUNDS) SLID INTO THEM. THE INSERT WAS TO ACT AS A SPACER SO THAT A SMALLER THAN NORMAL HAMMER COULD BE USED. THE S PACER WAS TIED TO THE LEADS WITH ROPE, THE LEADS WERE STOOD UPRIGHT AND THE HAMM ER RAISED INTO THE LEADS. THE EMPLOYEES THEN TRIED TO ALIGN THE HAMMER WITH THE INSERT. EMPLOYEE #1 PLACED HIS HEAD AND ARMS INSIDE THE LEADS AND WAS USING A PR YBAR TO ALIGN THE HAMMER. WHEN HE FINALLY ACHIEVED ALIGNMENT THE ROPE HOLDING TH E INSERT BROKE, ALLOWING THE INSERT TO SLIDE DOWN THE LEADS AND STRIKE HIM. THE

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 38 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    1
    Source
    24
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    4
    Environmental factor
    3
    Task assigned
    1

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