OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14481071
METAL FAB, INC.
VERNON, NJ·
Event description
HEAVY CARGO FELL OFF TRUCK; EMPLOYEE STRUCK AND KILLED
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 AND HIS HELPER, WITH THE AID OF AN OVERHEAD CRANE, HAD RAISED A UNIT HE 5 TON "COFFING" CRANE BEEN UTILIZED PROPERLY, BY LIFTING THE LOAD EVENLY, THI S ACCIDENT WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED. ALSO, THEN EMPLOYMENT OF THE BRASS BARS AS R OLLERS AND THE "JOHNSON" BAR AS A PUSHING DEVICE CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT. OF "ANGLE RINGS" FROM THE GROUND TO THE TOP FRONT SECTION OF A "DROP BED" OVER- THE-ROAD TRAILER AND HAD STACKED AND SECURED THE LOAD. EMPLOYEE #1 NOTED THAT TH E UNIT WAS NOT EVENLY DISTRIBUTED ON THE UPPER BED, SO HE DECIDED TO PLACE TWO B RASS ROLLERS UNDER THE ARCH AREA, THEN CONNECT ONE SIDE TO A SLING ATTACHED TO T HE CRANE HOOK, AND PUSH THE FRONT END WITH A "JOHNSON" BAR. AS THE HELPER RAISED THE BACK END WITH THE CRANE, THE UNIT ROLLED OFF THE TWO BRASS BARS AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1. HE WAS KNOCKED OFF THE TRAILER ONTO THE FLOOR. THE 1100 POUND UNIT ALSO FELL, STRIKING EMPLOYEE #1 ON THE HEAD AND RIGHT ARM AND KILLING HIM. HAD T
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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