OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14476279
RIGGING,STEEL TUBE,CRUSHED,SLING,FALLING OBJECT,UNTRAINED,CRANE
Event description
CRUSHED BY FALLING LOAD
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ASSISTING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE IN THE LOADING OF 20 FOOT LONG STEEL HITCH. TUBES. TWO BUNDLES OF TUBES WITH A TOTAL WEIGHT OF 4,480 WERE BEING LIFTED APPRO X 60 INCHES OFF THE FLOOR USING A 5 TON P&H EOT CRANE (PENDANT CONTROLLED). THE TUBES WERE SLUNG WITH TWO 2" WIDE SYNTHETIC FIBER WEB SLINGS AT AN ANGLE OF APPR OX 30 DEGREES. THE TUBING BINDERS ON ONE END OF THE LOAD SLID TOWARDS THE CENTER OF THE LOAD. THIS RESULTED IN THAT END STRIKING THE FLOOR. AT THE SAME TIME THE OPPOSITE END RAISED TO A POINT WHERE THE BASKET HITCH SLIPPED OFF THE LOAD. THE TUBING THEN FELL ON EMPLOYEE #1, CRUSHING HIM. THE EMPLOYEES HAD NOT BEEN ADEQU ATELY TRAINED IN RIGGING PROCEDURES NOR THE SAFE USE OF SLINGS USED IN A BASKET
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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