OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #818419
STEEL PLATE,CARPENTER,LACERATION,STRUCK BY,CONCUSSION
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED AND SECOND INJURED WHEN LIFTING GEAR FELL
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a carpenter working from a steel beam bottom and jetting a concrete piling, was struck on the head by a spreader steel plate when the lifting gear fell. Employee #2 received a laceration in the incident.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 9
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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