OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #731422

WRENCH,INSTALLING,SLIP,CONSTRUCTION,FALL

1988-09-29T00:00:00

Event: WRENCH,INSTALLING,SLIP,CONSTRUCTION,FALL
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 731422
Report ID: 551800

Event description

Employee killed in 60 ft fall

Investigation abstract

At 3:53 p.m. on September 28, 1988, three employees were aligning a crane rail f or an overhead crane in the steel producing building (scrap bay building). The r ail was installed on top of a 16 inch wide beam that was 60 feet above the groun d. Employee #1 was using a spud wrench to pry the rail into place. While he was pushing on the wrench, it slipped and the employee fell 60 feet to the ground an d was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 20 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
5

Source
8

Occupation code
597

Human factor
9

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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