OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14394621
CHAIN,UNSECURED,BROKEN WELD,CONSTRUCTION,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT
Event description
Employee killed when struck by falling duct work
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and a coworker had attached a 3/8 in. welded link chain to the top f lange of a 770 lb section of metal duct work. The tie point consisted of the cha in, bolt, nut, and washer. While the employees were positioning the metal duct w ork for bolting in the metal ducts, which were being held by a forklift, exerted excessive strain on the non-flexing tie point. The upper chain link separated a t the weld joint and dropped the metal duct work on Employee #1, killing him.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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