OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #732404
COX CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.
GREENWOOD, IN·
Event description
Employee killed by falling concrete cone
Investigation abstract
At approximately 3:15 p.m. on April 4, 1986, Employee #1 was inside a manhole gu iding a 600 lb concrete cone into place. The cone was being lowered by a John De ere 690 B backhoe. Two 11 1/2 in. by 1 1/3 in. pins had been used, along with a 6 ft by 3/4 in. wire rope sling, to hoist the cone. After the cone was in place, he was to get inside it to knock the two pins out from the inside of the cone. Employee #1 knocked one pin out but approximately 1 to 2 in. of the other pin re mained in the cone. He then signaled the operator to raise the slings. The remai ning pin caught the sling and caused the cone to rise up and slide off to the si de of the manhole, striking Employee #1 in the chest. He was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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