OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14470694

HIGH STEEL STRUCTURES INC.

WILLIAMSPORT, PA· 1986-03-19T00:00:00

Event: HEAD, WIRE ROPE, WELDER, BROKEN CABLE, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, OVERHEAD CRANE, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, SPREADER BAR, HOISTLINE
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #775726
Employer profile: HIGH STEEL STRUCTURES INC.
Summary number: 14470694
Report ID: 316700

Event description

Employee dies after being struck by falling spreader bar

Investigation abstract

Employee #1, a welder, was at a site where an overhead crane was using a spreade r beam to lift a large piece of sheet steel. The wire hoist rope tore in the swa ge and the load fell. The spreader beam struck Employee #1 on the head. He later died of his injuries.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 22 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
24

Occupation code
783

Human factor
14

Environmental factor
8

Task assigned
2

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