OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14546386
AMPUTATED,UNSECURED,PINNED,CONCRETE PANEL,CRUSHED,STRUCK BY,SLING,FALLING OBJECT,CRANE,LEG
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
- 20
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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