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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14485510

BEAM,HEAD,CRANE OPERATOR,CRANE

Event
BEAM,HEAD,CRANE OPERATOR,CRANE
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14485510
Report ID
213600

Event description

EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY STEEL I-BEAM

Investigation abstract

At approximately 1:30 to 2:00 p.m. on May 23, 1989, Employee #1 was manually rem oving pieces of metal from a scrap pile. A crane operator was lifting a steel I- beam with a crane. The steel I-beam slid in the crane's bucket, hitting Employee #1 on the head. Employee #1 was taken to Millard Fillmore Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 25 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    13
    Event type
    1
    Source
    28
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    10
    Environmental factor
    6
    Task assigned
    1

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