OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14541742
LEMCO CONSTRUCTION INC
AMERICUS, GA—
Event description
FALL FROM ELEVATION DUE TO RIG COLLAPSE
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS TYING OFF CONDUCTORS TO A TOWER FOR A 500-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWE R TRANSMISSION SYSTEM. HIS SAFETY BELT WAS ATTACHED TO THE RIGGING. THE CLEVIS U SED TO ANCHOR THE RIGGING HAD A COTTER PIN IN ITS SHACKLE. SIDE LOADING ON THE S HACKLE CAUSED THE COTTER PIN TO SHEAR AND RELEASE THE RIGGING. THE EMPLOYEE RODE THE RIGGING TO THE GROUND, STRIKING POLES AND THE ROADWAY. HE WAS PRONOUNCED DE AD AT THE SCENE.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 577
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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