OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14514962
ERECTION PROCESS,STRUCK AGAINST,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,WALKING ON BEAM
Event description
Employee killed in fall from beam
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and a coworker, a connecter, were setting beams on a steel erection project. Employee #1 was installing a cross beam at the third level of a stair s tructure Rex dryer transport air system. Employee #1 stepped to the beam that ha d just been put into place and fell 35 ft backward in a vertical position. He tr ied to catch the beam, but was unable to maintain a grasp. Employee #1 then fell slightly forward and struck the beam immediately below. Once Employee #1 hit th e beam, his body assumed a horizontal position. Employee #1 was killed.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 44 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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