OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14378913
COOPER PETROLEUM EQUIPMENT DIVISION
QUINCY, IL—
Event description
FALL FROM ELEVATED STORAGE RACK
Investigation abstract
TWO WELDERS AND TWO HELPERS WERE WELDING BRACES ONTO STORAGE RACKS. THEY WERE US FIRST FROM THE RACKS. HE SUFFERED SEVERE HEAD INJURIES AND DIED THREE DAYS LATER . ING TWO GASOLINE POWERED, AIRCO, 300 AMP, SUPER HORNET D.C. ARC WELDERS, SERIAL NUMBERS HH052199 AND HK222417. THEY WERE IN A ROOM OF APPROXIMATELY 170,000 CUBI C FEET, WITH 20 FOOT HIGH CEILINGS. THE STORAGE RACKS WERE 15 FEET, 6 INCHES HIG H. THE EMPLOYEES WERE NOT USING SCAFFOLDING BUT WERE CLIMBING UP AND STANDING ON THE RACKS, USING NO TYPE OF FALL PROTECTION. AFTER A COUPLE OF HOURS OF WELDING ONE OF THE WELDERS AND THE TWO HELPERS BECAME DIZZY AND NAUSEOUS AND CLIMBED DO WN FROM THE RACKS TO TAKE A BREAK. THE OTHER WELDER, EMPLOYEE #1, DECLINED TO CO ME DOWN AT THAT TIME. A FEW MINUTES LATER EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OBSERVED FALLING HEAD
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 47 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 783
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- 1
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