OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221391774

KNIGHT BROTHERS LLC

SALT LAKE CITY, UT· 2021-09-15T00:00:00

Event: Building, Electric Magnet, Elevated Work Plat, Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Guardrail, Magnet, Material Handling, Platform, Raised platform, Struck By, Structure Moving, Unsecured, Unstable Load, Unstable Position, Walking Surface, Work Surface
NAICS: 423860
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #345532089
Employer profile: KNIGHT BROTHERS LLC
Summary number: 221391774
Report ID: 0854910
Project type: B
Construction end-use: C

Event description

Employee is killed when knocked off platform by large load

Investigation abstract

At 11:30 a.m. on September 15, 2021, an employee was assisting coworkers moving an 18,000 pound MRI magnet on a suspended platform. The platform shifted, the magnet began to slide, and the employee was pushed through the guardrail and off the platform by the magnet. The employee was killed when he fell to the roof below the platform.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 58 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
599

Fall distance
40

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