OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #639872
BEAM,AMPUTATED,IRON WORKER,WORK RULES,OVERLOADED,SUSPENDED LOAD,CONSTRUCTION,STRUCK BY,CRANE,OVERTURN
Event description
One employee killed, another injured when struck by beam
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 and #2, iron workers, were sitting on an I-beam waiting to receive a load of I-beams to connect them. The number of beams on the crane's load line exceeded the permissible limits, causing the crane to tip over. The beams on the level line struck the beam that the employees were sitting on and cut the lower portion of Employee #1's body in two. He was killed. Employee #2 fell, sustaine d fractured ribs, and was hospitalized.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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