OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14543300
WORK RULES,CRUSHED,MECH MAT HANDLING,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,UNSTABLE POSITION
Event description
LARGE METAL PLATES FELL ON EMPLOYEE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS MOVING SOME LARGE ALUMINUM PLATES, USING AN OVERHEAD CRANE AND A MATERIAL LIFTING DEVICE KNOWN AS A "CADDY". THE EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING THE PLATES WITHOUT THE HELP OF HIS FELLOW WORKERS, IN VIOLATION OF HIS INSTRUCTIONS. HIS CO -WORKERS HAD TO LEAVE THE AREA FOR A BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME. HE WAS TOLD TO WAIT U NTIL THEY RETURNED BEFORE RESUMING WORK, BUT HE FAILED TO HEED THE INSTRUCTION. AS HE WAS MOVING THE PLATES, SOME OF THE PLATES SLIPPED OUT OF POSITION AND FELL ON HIM. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THE ACCIDENT. RESCUE EFFORTS FAILED TO FREE HIM BEFORE HE DIED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 2
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