OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14507354

PANEL,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CONCRETE PANEL,CONSTRUCTION,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT

1986-09-13T00:00:00

Event: PANEL,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CONCRETE PANEL,CONSTRUCTION,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14507354
Report ID: 830500

Event description

Employee killed when struck by falling concrete wall panel

Investigation abstract

At 3:00 p.m. on September 13, 1986, Employee #1 and a coworker were moving a 10 ft by 14 ft manufactured concrete wall panel from a final preparation rack to a stack of panels awaiting transport to a building site. Employee #1 hooked up the top of the panel with a wire rope sling and pieces of steel rebar, then signale d the crane operator to lift the wall panel and swing it to the finished stack, a distance of 22 ft. The panel was starting to swing when a lifting hole in the panel's steel frame tore loose and the rebar rod slipped out. The wall panel fel l, striking Employee #1 as he was walking over to the finished stack. He was kil led.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 27 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
24

Occupation code
999

Human factor
6

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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