OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14542534
M. C. ANDERSON CONSTRUCTION CO.
AUGUSTA, GA·
Event description
STRUCK BY MANHOLE COVER
Investigation abstract
ON JULY 25,1986, AT 4 PM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS USING A 17 FOOT LONG BINDING CHAIN TO AIN TO A BACKHOE BUCKET. HARD HATS WERE NOT BEING WORN. CONNECT A 4 FOOT DIAMETER MANHOLE BARREL TO A BACKHOE BUCKET. HE MADE THE CONNEC TION AND MOVED BACK TOWARD THE BACKHOE. THE OPERATOR LIFTED THE BUCKET AND START ED TO SWING TO THE LEFT. THE CHAIN CAME LOOSE, CAUSING THE BARREL TO SWING BACK TOWARD THE BACKHOE. THE BARREL STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1 IN THE CHEST, CAUSING FATAL IN JURIES. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS NOT KEPT CLEAR OF THE LOAD ABOUT TO BE LIFTED, NOR WAS H E KEPT CLEAR OF SUSPENDED LOADS (1910.184(C)(9), NOT ADOPTED BY THE 1926 STANDAR DS). THE BINDER CHAIN SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN USED AS A SLING. THE COMPANY DID NOT HAVE A TRAINING PROGRAM ON HOW TO ATTACH A CHAIN TO LOADS, OR HOW TO SECURE A CH
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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