OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14539639

IDAHO BUILDING SYSTEMS INC

CARTER, MT— 1984-12-31T00:00:00

Event: HIGH WIND, WORK RULES, WELDER, BROKEN WELD, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, STRUCK BY, GRAIN BIN
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #678698
Employer profile: IDAHO BUILDING SYSTEMS INC
Summary number: 14539639
Report ID: 830100

Event description

Employee killed in 54 ft fall when knocked off scale bin

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 had welded the lower section of a 92 ft grain chute to the top of a scale bin. The chute was being held in position by a crane when a gust of wind a pparently caused the weld to break. The chute swung across the top of the scale bin, knocking Employee #1 approximately 54 ft to the ground. He was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 42 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
4

Event type
5

Source
8

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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