OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14528061
HUNTINGTON INGALLS INCORPORATED
PASCAGOULA, MS·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY FALLING SCAFFOLD UPRIGHTS
Investigation abstract
AROUND 12:30 PM ON OCTOBER 22, 1987, SEVERAL EMPLOYEES WERE UNLOADING STEEL SCAF HREE SCAFFOLD UPRIGHTS ALSO STRUCK EMPLOYEE #2 ON THE LEFT FOOT, INJURING TWO TO ES. EMPLOYEE #2 WAS TREATED AT A DOCTOR'S OFFICE AND RELEASED. FOLD UPRIGHTS FROM A TRACTOR TRAILER. THE TRUCK DRIVER AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE REMO VED AND ROLLED UP NYLON STRAPS THAT SECURED THE LOAD ON THE TRAILER. AT THE SAME TIME, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS LOWERING THE LANDING GEAR ON THE TRAILER. THE TRUCK DRIVE R AND OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE ENGAGED IN HORSEPLAY. EMPLOYEE #2 WALKED OVER TO EMPL OYEE #1 TO HELP HIM WITH THE LANDING GEAR. THE TRUCK DRIVER THEN JUMPED BACK INT O THE TRUCK TO LEAVE THE AREA. THE TRUCK MOTOR WAS RUNNING. THE TRUCK DRIVER HIT THE GEAR LEVER, CAUSING THE TRUCK TO JERK. THREE SCAFFOLD UPRIGHTS FELL FROM TH E TRAILER AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1, WHO LATER DIED OF CHEST INJURIES. ONE OF THE T
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 5
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 59 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 5
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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