OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14496715
WORK RULES,SLIP,CONSTRUCTION,OVERHEAD CRANE,EXTENSION HANDLE,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,LOST BALANCE,TIE-OFF
Event description
Employee killed by 40 ft fall from overhead crane beam
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and a coworker were tying crane rails together atop an overhead cran e. Employee #1 had welded an extension onto his wrench and was standing on the b eam when his wrench slipped off the nut and he fell 40 feet. He was killed. The employees were wearing safety belts but their lanyards were not attached to any structure.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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