OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14391338
SG COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING
KAPLAN, LA·
Event description
3 CONSTRUCTION WORKERS KILLED WHEN NYLON ROPE BROKE
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 9 AM ON JANUARY 31, 1988, EMPLOYEES #1,#2, & #3 WERE BEING PULL ED TO THE TOP OF A TOWER BY A NYLON ROPE (1/2 INCH) HOOKED AT THE BOTTOM TO A TR UCK, LOOPED THROUGH THE TOWER FRAME AT THE TOP AND ATTACHED TO THE THREE EMPLOYE ES BY THEIR SAFETY BELTS AND LANYARDS. AS THE THREE EMPLOYEES WERE BEING HAULED UP THE OUTSIDE OF THE TOWER FRAME THE ROPE BROKE, CAUSING THE EMPLOYEES TO FALL ABOUT 1400 FEET TO THEIR DEATHS.
Victims (3)
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#1 Fatality Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#2 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Fatality Age 57 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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