OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #852046

CHEST,ABDOMEN,RAIL,LADDER,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED,FALL,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,UNSTABLE POSITION

1988-05-25T00:00:00

Event: CHEST,ABDOMEN,RAIL,LADDER,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED,FALL,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,UNSTABLE POSITION
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 852046
Report ID: 522300

Event description

Employee dies when crushed by crane rail

Investigation abstract

At approximately 10:00 a.m. on May 25, 1988, Employee #1 was cutting braces on t he upper surface of an I-beam to remove a crane rail. He was approximately 15 ft in the air on a rolling metal ladder. The employee and the rail fell to the gro und. The approximately 30 ft long and 650 lb rail was found lying on top of Empl oyee #1. A coworker removed the rail and Employee #1 was transported by ambulanc e to the hospital emergency room, where he was subsequently pronounced dead of b lunt chest and abdominal trauma.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 36 M

Nature of injury
3

Part of body
1

Event type
5

Source
5

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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