OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14525919
WHEEL,WORK RULES,ALARM,MOBILE CRANE,CRUSHED,RUN OVER,UNGUARDED,INATTENTION
Event description
EMPLOYEE RUN OVER BY WHEEL OF A TRAVELIFT
Investigation abstract
SEVERAL EMPLOYEES WERE STRIPPING PERMA-SPAN UNITS FROM A PRESTRESSED CASTING BED AR OF THE HAZARDOUS AREA SURROUNDING IT. . THE UNITS WERE BEING LIFTED BY A DROTT 650, SERIAL #3157, TRAVELIFT. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CLEANING UP CASTING BED AREAS BETWEEN THE PRESTRESSED UNIT LINES. ONE OF THE CASTING BED DRAINS APPARENTLY WAS BLOCKED, SO EMPLOYEE #1 WAS USING A PIECE OF TENSIONING CABLE TO ROD OUT THE DRAIN. HE WAS STANDING IN THE PATH OF THE RIG HT WHEELS OF THE TRAVELIFT. WHEN THE TRAVELIFT MOVED TO THE WEST, TO STRIP ANOTH ER UNIT, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STRUCK AND RUN OVER BY THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL. TRAVELIFT WHEELS HAVE NO PERSONNEL DEFLECTING TYPE WHEEL GUARDS. THE TRAVELIFT HAD NO EFF ECTIVE AUDIBLE OR VISUAL WARNING SYSTEM IN USE AT THE TIME TO KEEP EMPLOYEES CLE
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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