OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14462741
FLUOR CONSTRUCTORS, INC.
TVA - SHAWNEE STEAM PLANT, KY·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION WORKER KILLED IN FALL FROM I-BEAM
Investigation abstract
ON SEPTEMBER 2 1986 AT APPROXIMATELY 10:15 PM EMPLOYEE 1 WAS CHANGING OUT SOME B OLTS IN A STRUCTURAL STEEL DIAGONAL BRACE. EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING FROM A BOATSWAIN CHAIR SUSPENDED BY A CHAIN HOIST. THE EMPLOYEE WAS TIED OFF WITH A SAFETY BELT AND LANYARD TO AN UPPER BEAM. AFTER A MALFUNCTION IN AN IMPACT WRENCH THE EMPLOY EE RAISED HIMSELF UP TO AN ABOVE BEAM WHERE HE DISCONNECTED HIS SAFETY LANYARD A ND BOATSWAIN CHAIR FOR PURPOSES OF EGRESSING TO THE ADJACENT CATWALK ABOUT 10 FE ET AWAY. THE HORIZONTAL BEAM HE WAS ON WAS 16 INCHES WIDE AND 59 FEET HIGH ABOVE THE CONCRETE SLAB FLOOR. THE EMPLOYEE FELL FROM THE BEAM WHILE EGRESSING TO THE CATWALK AND DIED ONE HOUR LATER FROM MASSIVE INJURIES.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 41 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 597
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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