OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14511521
CYLINDER,CONSTRUCTION,STRUCK BY,SLING,FALLING OBJECT,CHOKER,CRANE,UNSTABLE LOAD
Event description
STRUCK BY FALLING COMPRESSED GAS CYLINDER
Investigation abstract
A CRANE WAS LIFTING OXYGEN AND ACETYLENE CYLINDERS ON A TORCH CART OUT OF A STAI RWELL ON A PENTHOUSE ROOF. WITH THE CRANE BLOCK IN THE FULL UP POSITION, THE LOA D WOULD NOT CLEAR THE LIP AT THE ROOF'S EDGE. THE CRANE OPERATOR INSTRUCTED THE HOOK-UP LABORER TO LIFT THE CART OVER THE LIP. WHEN THE CART WAS LIFTED THE CHOK ER SLING WENT SLACK, ALLOWING THE ACETYLENE BOTTLE TO SLIDE OFF OF THE BOTTOM OF THE CART AND OUT OF THE CHOKER. THE CYLINDER FELL 78 FEET, STRIKING EMPLOYEE #1 , WHO WAS WORKING AT GROUND LEVEL. HE WAS KILLED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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