OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #692756

HOISTING MECHANISM,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,TRIPPED,FALL,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT

1985-09-21T00:00:00

Event: HOISTING MECHANISM,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,TRIPPED,FALL,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 692756
Report ID: 355112

Event description

Employee killed when struck by falling equipment

Investigation abstract

At approximately 6:40 a.m. on September 21, 1985, several employees, including E mployee #1, were preparing to set a steel structure (1,000 lb form horse) in pla ce. Employee #1 had tripped on debris and fallen and, when one of the two hooks came loose, the structure fell on him. Employee #1 was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 44 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
27

Occupation code
999

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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