OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #818112
JOIST,WIRE ROPE,CRUSHED,FALL,PALLET,SLING,CRANE
Event description
FATAL FALL FROM 10 FT HIGH JOIST
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was on 10 ft high joist waiting for a pallet of angle joist. A crane was used to raise the pallet using 2 in. rope slings to balance the head oiler from the crane. Employee #1 was giving hand instruction to crane operator. When pallet was set Employee #1 gave signal to slack the wire rope. Employee #1 remov ed one sling from the load and while removing second sling hook, wire caught in pallet crane oiler. Thinking all was ready Employee #1 gave signal to raise the slings. As pallet tipped Employee #1 gave signal to stop but it was too late, pa llet crushed Employee #1, who fell to his death from joist approximately 10 ft t o dirt ground.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 25
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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