OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #760421
CAROLINA STEEL CORPORATION
WINSTON-SALEM, NC·
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 Male
- Nature of injury
- Other (21)
- Part of body
- HEAD (13)
- Accident type
- CAUGHT IN OR BETWEEN (2)
- Source of injury
- METAL PRODUCTS (28)
- Occupation
- Punching and stamping press machine operators (706)
- Human factor
- MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
- Environmental factor
- OVERHEAD MOVING/FALLING OBJ AC (6)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.