OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #775478
PIER,REBAR,PIN,PINNED,TAG LINE,CONCRETE,CRANE,CUTTING AND BURNING
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY CONCRETE PIER
Investigation abstract
At approximately 3:30 p.m. on June 10, 1989, Employee #1 was in the process of d a tag line to secure the pier from rotating. ismantling a concrete pier used to support a gas storage tank. A Grove 25-ton Hy draulic Crane was used to lift the top portion of the pier about 6 in. above its base to expose the connecting rebar. Employee #1 using the cutting torch began cutting the rebar from around the base of the pier. Employee #1 had previously c ut on the northwest side of the pier and was cutting on the southwest side of th e pier when it began to swing in a counter clockwise direction pinning Employee #1 between the pier and another pier lying on the ground. Employee #1 received m ultiple traumatic injuries, which resulted in his death. The company did not use
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 14
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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