OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14498646
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Event description
Employee killed when struck by falling 1,500 lb stand
Investigation abstract
A crew of four men was cabling a 1 in. hose onto a reel with a 48 in. flange dia he floor, was accidentally bumped or kicked, causing the motor to start and the reel to turn. The motor side of the stand fell on Employee #1, killing him. meter. The reel was connected to an air stand. The base of the stand was 4 ft by 4 ft, and the each half of the stand was 18 to 20 inches square and 8 1/2 to 9 ft high. The stand and reel weighed 1,500 lb., and it was equipped with a pneuma tic motor. Some equipment that was needed was sitting in front of and to the sid e of the stand. The crew began moving it by placing two Hillman rollers under th e motor side of the stand with a forklift. Employee #1 and a coworker were stand ing in front of this operation when another coworker left to get another Hillman roller for the other side. Somehow, the air control valve, which was lying on t
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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