OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14546386
CASTONE CORPORATION
OPELIKA, AL·
Event description
One employee killed and one injured by falling parts
Investigation abstract
At approximately 7:30 a.m. on February 18, 1989, Employees #1 and #2 were guidin g a precast concrete panel weighing 13,300 lb into a storage area. The panel had been hoisted by a crane and was being lowered from a flatbed truck. As the pane l was lowered, it broke loose from the sling and fell to the ground, causing oth er panels in the rack to fall. Employee #1 was caught under several panels and d ied at the scene. Employee #2's legs were pinned. He was transported to the hosp ital, where his leg was amputated.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- Strain/Sprain (20)
- Part of body
- MULTIPLE (19)
- Accident type
- STRUCK BY (1)
- Source of injury
- OTHER (43)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- EQUIP. INAPPROPR FOR OPERATION (6)
- Environmental factor
- MATERIALS HANDLG EQUIP./METHOD (8)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
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#2 Hospitalized Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- Bruise/Contus/Abras (3)
- Part of body
- LEGS (16)
- Accident type
- STRUCK BY (1)
- Source of injury
- OTHER (43)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- EQUIP. INAPPROPR FOR OPERATION (6)
- Environmental factor
- MATERIALS HANDLG EQUIP./METHOD (8)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
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