OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14455356
RON LEWIS CONST CO
BEAVER, UT—
Event description
Employee killed when pinned between concrete barriers
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was helping to load concrete barriers from a road onto a flatbed tra pped back between two of the previously loaded barriers, the loader operator bac ked his vehicle away from the float. The sling that had been thrown away from th e loader became caught on a bracket on the side of the float, causing the float to tip as the loader reversed. The barrier that had just been loaded slid, along with Employee #1, from the float to the ground. He became pinned between two of the barriers and was killed. iler, or float. Each 12 ft long by 32 in. high barrier weighed between 4,500 and 4,700 lb. Three barriers had already been loaded; a fourth was being set on the flatbed by a 980B loader. Wire rope slings had been placed into grooves on the bottom at each end of the barrier and secured by metal pins. The two 3/7 in. thi ck slings were attached to the loader with a clevis. Employee #1 removed the sli ng from one end of the barrier and threw it in toward the loader, clear of the b arrier. He then crossed under the loader's elevated bucket, removed the pin, and threw the second sling to the outside, away from the loader. As Employee #1 ste
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 7
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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