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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14562383

STEEL PLATE,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED

Event
STEEL PLATE,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14562383
Report ID
214700

Event description

EMPLOYEE CRUSHED UNDER 6 TON STEEL PLATE

Investigation abstract

AT APPROXIMATELY 2 PM ON JULY 20, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1, FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, PLACED HIMSELF UNDER A CURVED 6 TON STEEL PLATE (32 FEET LONG BY 9 FEET WIDE BY .9 INC HES THICK). THE ENDS OF THE PLATE WERE ON THE GROUND WHILE THE CENTER WAS 6 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. IT WAS HELD UNDER TENSION BY A 29 FOOT LONG 3/8 INCH WIRE ROP E WITH A THREE TON COME-ALONG ATTACHED TO ONE END OF THE STEEL PLATE AND A SNAP HOOK ATTACHED TO THE OTHER. THE SNAP HOOK SUDDENLY BROKE, ALLOWING THE STEEL PLA TE TO FLATTEN OUT AND CRUSH EMPLOYEE #1. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THE ACCIDENT .

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 59 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    1
    Source
    43
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    6
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    1

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