OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14562383
STEEL PLATE,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED
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
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#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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