OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #606327
CONCRETE PANEL,CRUSHED,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,INATTENTION,UNSTABLE POSITION
Event description
EMPLOYEE CRUSHED BY FALLING CONCRETE PANEL
Investigation abstract
ON 3:30 PM ON JUNE 15, 1987, TWO EMPLOYEES WERE ASSISTING A YARD TRAVEL CRANE IN STORING A 6 FOOT BY 40 FOOT BY 6 INCH PRECAST CONCRETE SLAB IN A VERTICAL POSIT ION IN THE STORAGE YARD. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS BENT OVER PREPARING 4 X 6 WOODEN DUNNAG E BLOCK FOR THE ELEVATED PANEL. THE ADJACENT PANEL FELL, CRUSHING EMPLOYEE #1 TO DEATH.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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