OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14464473
CONVEYOR CORPORATION OF AMERICA INCORPORATED
FT WAYNE, IN—
Event description
One employee killed, one injured in fall from catwalk
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 and #2 were welding the legs of a conveyor drive unit to the struct ural steel of the unit. The boom of the crane used to lift the drive unit kept b leeding off and dropping. To compensate, the lifting line was pulled up. This ch anged the lifting angle and apparently put pressure on the tack weld of a drive unit leg. The weld broke, causing the unit to shift approximately 8 inches and p ush Employees #1 and #2 off the catwalk. Employee #1 fell 16 feet 11 inches to t he concrete floor and was killed. Employee #2 grabbed the structural steel and w as able to hold on until he could get safely down.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 50 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 785
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 55 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 785
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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