OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #818112
UNITED FORMING CORPORATION
MIAMI, FL·
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 Male
- Nature of injury
- Other (21)
- Part of body
- BLOOD (25)
- Accident type
- FALL(FROM ELEVATION) (5)
- Source of injury
- HOISTING APPARATUS (24)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
- Environmental factor
- MATERIALS HANDLG EQUIP./METHOD (8)
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- 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.