OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14469522
ALLEGHENY ASPHALT & PAVING INC
PITTSBURGH, PA—
Event description
STRUCK BY FALLING CONCRETE BLOCK (WIRE ROPE BROKE)
Investigation abstract
ON 9-18-84 A LABORER USED A WIRE ROPE SLING TO HOOK UP A 3 TON CONCRETE BLOCK TO A HOOK ON A FRONT END LOADER BUCKET. THE FRONT END LOADER PICKED UP THE CONCRET E BLOCK TO A HEIGHT OF 3 TO 4 FEET. THE LABORER WAS GUIDING THE 3'X 3'X 7' CONCR ETE BLOCK INTO POSITION SO IT WOULD FIT ON TOP OF ANOTHER CONCRETE BLOCK WHEN TH E WIRE ROPE SLING BROKE. THE 3'X 3' X 7' BLOCK FELL AND STRUCK THE LABORER. HE W AS FATALLY INJURED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 68 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 14
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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