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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #768515

TRAILER,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,INATTENTION,CONCRETE PANEL,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED,UNSTABLE POSITION

Event
TRAILER,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,INATTENTION,CONCRETE PANEL,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED,UNSTABLE POSITION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
768515
Report ID
626300

Event description

CONSTRUCTION WORKER KILLED WHEN CRUSHED BY CONCRETE PANEL

Investigation abstract

A CRANE LOWERED A 7,850 POUND CONCRETE PRECAST PANEL ONTO A 47 FOOT A-FRAME TRAI TO THE PANEL AND WAS ATTACHING HIS SLINGS TO THE FLAT BED TRAILER. THE CONCRETE PANEL, WHICH WAS NOT SECURED TO THE A-FRAME TRAILER, TIPPED OVER AND CRUSHED EM PLOYEE #1 AGAINST THE FLAT BED TRAILER. LER. EMPLOYEE #1 AND 2 OTHER EMPLOYEES GUIDED THE PANEL ONTO THE TRAILER. EMPLOY EE #1 REMOVED THE CRANE'S 20 FOOT SNATCH BLOCK SLING FROM THE 22 FOOT PANEL AT T HE NORTH END. AT THE SAME TIME, THE SECOND EMPLOYEE, WHO WAS AT THE SOUTH END OF THE PANEL, REMOVED ONE END OF THE SNATCH BLOCK SLING WHILE THE OTHER END OF THE SLING REMAINED ATTACHED TO THE HOOK ON THE PANEL. THE SECOND EMPLOYEE THEN HAND ED THE FREE END OF THE SLING TO THE THIRD EMPLOYEE. THE THIRD EMPLOYEE BEGAN ATT ACHING THE SLING TO THE FLATBED TRAILER, WHICH WAS PARKED PARALLEL TO THE A-FRAM E TRAILER AND ABOUT 4 TO 5 FEET AWAY. MEANWHILE, EMPLOYEE #1 HAD TURNED HIS BACK

Victims (8)

  1. #1 Fatality Age 29 M

    Nature of injury
    6
    Part of body
    13
    Event type
    1
    Source
    27
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    11
    Environmental factor
    8
    Task assigned
    1

  2. #981 Degree 0 Age 0

    Nature of injury
    0
    Part of body
    0
    Event type
    0
    Source
    0
    Occupation code
    0
    Human factor
    0
    Environmental factor
    0
    Task assigned
    0

  3. #982 Degree 0 Age 0

    Nature of injury
    0
    Part of body
    0
    Event type
    0
    Source
    0
    Occupation code
    0
    Human factor
    0
    Environmental factor
    0
    Task assigned
    0

  4. #983 Degree 0 Age 0

    Nature of injury
    0
    Part of body
    0
    Event type
    0
    Source
    0
    Occupation code
    0
    Human factor
    0
    Environmental factor
    0
    Task assigned
    0

  5. #984 Degree 0 Age 0

    Nature of injury
    0
    Part of body
    0
    Event type
    0
    Source
    0
    Occupation code
    0
    Human factor
    0
    Environmental factor
    0
    Task assigned
    0

  6. #985 Degree 0 Age 0

    Nature of injury
    0
    Part of body
    0
    Event type
    0
    Source
    0
    Occupation code
    0
    Human factor
    0
    Environmental factor
    0
    Task assigned
    0

  7. #986 Degree 0 Age 0

    Nature of injury
    0
    Part of body
    0
    Event type
    0
    Source
    0
    Occupation code
    0
    Human factor
    0
    Environmental factor
    0
    Task assigned
    0

  8. #987 Degree 0 Age 0

    Nature of injury
    0
    Part of body
    0
    Event type
    0
    Source
    0
    Occupation code
    0
    Human factor
    0
    Environmental factor
    0
    Task assigned
    0

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