OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14237655
H L CRABTREE INC
NEWPORT, AR—
Event description
Employee killed in fall from catwalk
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and two coworkers, all iron workers, were attempting to square a pre afety belts and lanyards. Employee #1 had not tied off his lanyard to a secure o bject. Company policy requires the use of PPE. Failure to have and use it is cau se for termination. fabricated section of stairway at approximately the 65 foot level of a new grain elevator headhouse. One coworker was working from above the stairway; Employee #1 and the other coworker were working directly below from a properly guarded wa lkway. The coworker who was above stated that he saw Employee #1 step up onto th e intermediate rail of the walkway's guardrail to drive a bull pin below the sta irway under the upper offside brace. As he leaned out to hit the pin, Employee # 1's feet slipped off the intermediate rail and he fell over the top rail to his death. All three ironworkers were behind guardrails and all three were wearing s
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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