OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14558043
HEAD,HOISTING MECHANISM,HOIST,STRUCK BY,SPREADER BAR,SCAFFOLD
Event description
STRUCK BY HOIST SPREADER ARM
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS INVOLVED IN THE INSTALLATION OF AIR BAGS ON A COAST GUARD VESSEL ION OF THE SPREADER CAUSED THE BAR TO STRIKE THE EMPLOYEE ON THE HEAD. HE WAS KN OCKED FROM THE SCAFFOLD 10 FEET TO THE DECK OF THE DRYDOCK. THE IMPACT OF THE SP READER BAR WAS THE CAUSE OF DEATH. . THE JOB INVOLVED PULLING THE BAGS UP SOME TRACKS ON THE BOW AND SECURING THEM IN PLACE. A BLOCK AND PULLEY HOISTING SYSTEM, WITH A SPREADER ARM, WAS USED. THE SPREADER ARM HAD CHAINS WITH BRASS HALYARDS USED AS CLIPS. FOUR MEN WERE USED T O PULL THE BAGS INTO POSITION. ONE OF THE BAGS BECAME MISALIGNED IN THE TRACKS A ND BECAME STUCK. THE EMPLOYEE MOUNTED A SCAFFOLD WHICH WAS POSITIONED BETWEEN TH E PULLY AND SHIP (IN FRONT OF THE BAG BEING PULLED). HE INTENDED TO FREE THE STU CK BAG. THE EMPLOYEE WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ON THE SCAFFOLD AT THAT TIME. THE PU LLY PRESSURE EXERTED BY THE FOUR MEN CAUSED THE CLIPS TO FAIL. THE SLINGSHOT ACT
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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