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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #788133

WIRE ROPE,WORK RULES,FALL,LOGGING

Event
WIRE ROPE,WORK RULES,FALL,LOGGING
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
788133
Report ID
1054114

Event description

Employee killed, one injured in fall from airborne chokers

Investigation abstract

For help in climbing a steep hill, Employees #1 and #2 held onto the chokers of a gravity carriage. The employees were inadvertently lifted into the air by a ra ising skyline and fell off. Employee #1 was killed. Employee #2 was hospitalized .

Victims (2)

  1. #1 Fatality Age 18 M

    Nature of injury
    3
    Part of body
    5
    Event type
    5
    Source
    42
    Occupation code
    496
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    6
    Task assigned
    1
  2. #2 Hospitalized Age 32 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    11
    Event type
    5
    Source
    42
    Occupation code
    496
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    6
    Task assigned
    1

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