OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14490353
MICHAEL HUGHES & SONS INC.
NORTH NORWICH, NY·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY FALLING JOISTS
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEES #1 AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE IN THE PROCESS OF UNLOADING BUNDLES OF ST LOYEE #1, WHO ALSO LOST HIS BALANCE, APPARENTLY GRABBED ONTO ANOTHER BUNDLE OF B AR JOISTS, CAUSING THAT BUNDLE TO ROLL OFF THE TRAILER ONTO EMPLOYEE #1, WHO HAD FALLEN TO THE GROUND. EMPLOYEE #1 RECEIVED A FATAL HEAD INJURY. EEL BAR JOISTS FROM A FLATBED TRAILER, USING SLINGS AND A HYDRAULIC CRANE. THE E MPLOYEES HOOKED ONTO THE TOP TWO TIERS OF BUNDLES OF BAR JOIST AND USED THE CRAN E TO SWING THE LOAD OFF THE TRAILER. PART OF THE LOAD CONSISTED OF A THREE PIECE BUNDLE OF JOISTS TIPPED ONTO ITS SIDE AND RESTING IN A BALANCED POSITION ON THE TRAILER. EMPLOYEE #1 STARTED WALKING FROM THE REAR OF THE TRAILER TOWARD HIS PA RTNER, WHO WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TRAILER. EMPLOYEE #1 STEPPED ON THE OUTSIDE EDGE OF THE BUNDLE OF BAR JOISTS WHICH WAS LOADED ON ITS SIDE. WEIGHT OF EMPLOYE E CAUSED BUNDLE OF BAR JOIST TO BECOME UNBALANCED AND FALL FROM THE TRAILER. EMP
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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