OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #731422
SCHUECK STEEL INC
CRAWFORDSVILLE, IN·
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
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#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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