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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #571000

STEEL BEAM,PINNED,CONSTRUCTION,CAUGHT BETWEEN,CRUSHED,AERIAL LIFT

Event
STEEL BEAM,PINNED,CONSTRUCTION,CAUGHT BETWEEN,CRUSHED,AERIAL LIFT
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
571000
Report ID
524530

Event description

Employee killed when crushed by mobile equipment

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 and a coworker were using an aerial lift platform to tighten field b olts in the structural steel framework of a prefabricated industrial building. T he lift platform of the boom-type platform was spotted approximately 18 in. bene ath the beam with the plane of the beam web bisecting platform athwart lift axis . Employee #1 activated travel control of the platform, causing the lift to pin him between the beam flange and the platform control station. Employee #1 was cr ushed against the building structure and killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 50 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    5
    Event type
    2
    Source
    30
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    10
    Environmental factor
    4
    Task assigned
    1

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