OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #607754
SKYLINE STEEL ERECTORS, INC
MARIETTA, GA·
Event description
EMPLOYEE STRUCK IN BACK BY STEEL BEAM
Investigation abstract
ON DECEMBER 10, 1986, A 19 1/2 FOOT LONG STEEL BEAM SLIPPED OUT OF A CHOKER AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1 IN THE BACK. A P & H HYDRAULIC CRANE WAS BEING USED TO MOVE T HE BEAM CLOSE TO THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING. THE BEAM APPARENTLY SLIPPED OUT BECAU SE THE CHOKER HAD ONLY A SINGLE WRAP AROUND THE STEEL BEAM. THIS INFORMATION IS SUMMARIZED FROM WITNESS STATEMENTS.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 18 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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