OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14500953
HEAD,STEEL BEAM,CONSTRUCTION,STEEL CONNECTOR,STEEL ERECTION,SLING,SHEARED,CRANE
Event description
FALL FROM ELEVATION
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE NO.1 AND EMPLOYEE NO.2 WERE CONNECTING A STEEL BEAM AT THE ROOF LEVEL O YEE NO.2, WHO WAS AT THE CENTER OF THE BEAM, AT THE SLING LINE, WAS ABLE TO HOLD ON AND WAS NOT INJURED. THE ACCIDENT WAS CAUSED BY A SEVERE UP LIFTING ACTION O N THE BEAM, BY THE CRANE WHICH SHEARED THE ONE CONNECTING BOLT IN PLACE. F A BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THE EMPLOYEES WERE WORKING APROXIMATELY 44 FT A BOVE THE FIRST FLOOR CONCRETE SLAB. NO NETS OR TEMPORARY FLOORING HAD BEEN INSTA LLED. THE EMPLOYEES WERE ATTEMPTING TO CONNECT THE BEAM.WHEN THEY HAD ONE CONNEC TING BOLT IN PLACE, IT WAS SHEARED BY A UPLIFTING ACTION ON THE SLING LINE BY TH E CRANE. THE BEAM WAS LIFTED UP, AND WITH BOTH EMPLOYEES ON THE BEAM,CARRIED OVE R THE ROOF STRUCTURE IN PLACE.THE BEAM MOVED TO A VERTICAL POSITION AND EMPLOYEE NO.1 WHO WAS SITTING ON THE END OF THE BEAM, LOST HIS HOLD AND FELL 20 FEET TO THE SLAB BELOW.HE SUFFERED FATAL HEAD AND INTERNAL INJURIES FROM HIS FALL. EMPLO
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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