OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #760421
BEAM,CHAIN,PINNED,TORSO,CRUSHED,SLING
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED BY FALLING I-BEAMS.
Investigation abstract
At 9:55 a.m. on March 2, 1989, Employee #1 was attempting to hook up a stack of I-beams with a chain sling to move them to his work station. One of the hooks on the sling apparently became caught on a flange projection on one of the I-beams . This caused the bundle of beams to become unbalanced, which caused them to fal l over and strike Employee #1, pinning him between the falling beams and another stack of beams. Employee #1 was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounc ed dead from his injuries at approximately 11:00 a.m. the same day of the accide nt.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 57 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 706
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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