OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14519482
S B A SHIPYARD INC
JENNINGS, LA·
Event description
STRUCK BY FALLING METAL WORKPIECE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1, A SHIPFITTER WORKING WITH THREE OTHER SHIPYARD EMPLOYEES, WAS INSTA LLING PIPE STANTION CRIBBING SUPPORTS ON THE FLOOR OF A GRAVING DOCK. THE SUPPOR TS CONSISTED OF THREE 10 INCH DIAMETER PIPES, 5 FEET HIGH AND WEIGHING 700 POUND S. THE ENTIRE UNIT WAS SUPPORTED BY TWO COME-A-LONGS, ONE ON EACH SIDE, ATTACHED TO PAD EYES. THE WELD HOLDING ONE OF THE PAD EYES BROKE LOOSE, ALLOWING THE UNI T TO TOPPLE OVER. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STRUCK ACROSS THE BACK OF HIS NECK AND RECIEVE D FATAL INJURIES.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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