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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14487003

STEEL PLATE,UNSECURED,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,UNSTABLE POSITION

Event
STEEL PLATE,UNSECURED,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,UNSTABLE POSITION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14487003
Report ID
215600

Event description

Employee killed when struck by falling steel plate

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was working adjacent to vertically positioned steel plates. A fallin g steel plate, weighing approximately 1,500 lb, struck Employee #1, killing him.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 35 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    13
    Event type
    1
    Source
    8
    Occupation code
    889
    Human factor
    4
    Environmental factor
    6
    Task assigned
    1

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