OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14528111
MORLAN FITERMAN & ASSOCIATES
IUKA, MS·
Event description
Employee struck and killed by falling steel plates
Investigation abstract
At about 4:10 p.m. on March 3, 1988, Employee #1 was using a gas cutting torch a nd had cut two 2 ft by 4 ft by 5 1/2 in. steel plates from the side of a pressur izer. The two steel plates were in an upright position. Employee #1 started cutt ing another steel plate. At about 4:15 p.m., the two upright steel plates, weigh ing 3,688 lb, fell on Employee #1, who was standing on the ground. Employee #1 d ied from multiple internal injuries. The bottoms of the steel plates that fell w ere 4 ft above the ground and the tops of the steel plates were 8 ft above groun d. The pressurizer was 39 ft long with a 10 1/2 ft diameter.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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