OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #689497
BABCOCK & WILCOX
BECKER, MN—
Event description
Employee dies of multiple injuries in fall
Investigation abstract
At approximately 1:45 p.m. on April 22, 1985, Employee #1 was securing a 7 ton e lement in a coal fired power plant firebox, which was hanging approximately 245 feet above the floor from a temporary support rod. The employee attempted to pla ce a tack weld on one end of the temporary support rod, but the rod failed when he applied heat. The 7 ton element and Employee #1 fell into the firebox, then t o the floor. Employee #1 died of multiple injuries.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 2
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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