OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14240758
TAMARACK MATERIALS INC
ST LOUIS, MN—
Event description
Three employees killed as car overruns hoisting tower
Investigation abstract
At about 10:46 a.m. on December 18, 1984, a Linden-Alimak personnel hoist operat ed by M.A. Mortenson Co. overran the top of the hoisting tower and fell to the g round. Employees #1, #2, and #3, who were riding in the car, were killed. The di rectional and final limit switches were inoperable. Also, safety hooks attached to the car and the tower could have been positioned incorrectly.
Victims (3)
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#1 Fatality Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Fatality Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Fatality Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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