OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #670745

FRACTURE,LOAD SHIFT,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,SKULL,OVERHEAD CRANE,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,UNSTABLE LOAD

1988-09-21T00:00:00

Event: FRACTURE,LOAD SHIFT,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,SKULL,OVERHEAD CRANE,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,UNSTABLE LOAD
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 670745
Report ID: 551800

Event description

Employee dies after struck by falling load

Investigation abstract

At approximately 9:00 a.m. on September 21, 1988, Employee #1 was moving a bundl e of aluminum with a 2 ton overhead bridge crane. The employee had attached the load block from this crane to the bundle with four hooks suspended by chains to the steel banding that was around each end of the bundle. Employee #1 had the lo ad elevated over 6 ft high when the load apparently shifted and one of the bands broke on the end next to the employee. Employee #1 was knocked to the floor. Th e aluminum in this bundle weighed 990 lb and was 179 in. long. The bundle landed on Employee #1's body, leaving just his head exposed. Employee #1 died of a fra ctured skull at the hospital 2 hours later.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 27 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
24

Occupation code
849

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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