OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14485510
BEAM,HEAD,CRANE OPERATOR,CRANE
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
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#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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