OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14527501
COAST ERECTORS, INC.
PASCAGOULA, MS·
Event description
Employee killed in fall from elevated boom basket
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was at a height of approximately 65 ft in a boom basket that was sus yard. pended 35 ft above the roof of a building. He was erecting a wire rope guardrail system around the edge of a higher roof in preparation for removing the roofing . The crane operator stated that Employee #1 was last seen standing in the corne r of the basket, pulling on the wire rope guardrail. The operator said that the sun was in his eyes when he heard a noise. He left the crane to check on the bas ket and saw that Employee #1 was missing. Employee #1 was found on the lower roo f and was transported to the hospital, where he died several days later. The bas ket did not meet requirements, nor was Employee #1 wearing a safety belt and lan
Victim
-
#1 Fatality Age 48 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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