OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14530026
NATIONAL FENCE & GRANITE CO. INC.
CONCORD, NH·
Event description
EMPLOYEE CRUSHED, ANOTHER STRUCK BY FALLING POST DRIVER
Investigation abstract
ON DECEMBER THIRD, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A POST DRIVER SETTING GUARD R AIL POSTS. EMPLOYEE #2 WAS PLACING POSTS IN POSITION TO BE DRIVEN. AS THE TRUCK WAS BEING POSITIONED TO DRIVE THE NEXT POST, THE BASE PLATE CAUGHT ON THE REAR O F THE POST, CAUSING THE TOP OF THE BOOM TO MOVE FORWARD. IN TURN, THIS CAUSED A CYLINDER TO BREAK LOOSE FROM THE BOOM ASSEMBLY. THE BOOM, WITH ITS ATTACHED 1500 POUND WEIGHT, FELL FORWARD, STRIKING EMPLOYEE #1 AND CRUSHING HIM TO DEATH. EMP LOYEE #2, THE HELPER, WAS STRUCK IN THE BACK AND SHOULDER. HE WAS HOSPITALIZED W ITH BACK INJURIES.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 779
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 2
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#2 Hospitalized Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 865
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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