OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #692749
BECK CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
FRANKLIN, VA—
Event description
EMPLOYEE STRUCK IN CHEST BY SHIFTING HEAVY LOAD
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 10 AM ON AUGUST 14, 1985, EMPLOYEE #1, WHO WORKED FOR THE B. E. & K. CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, WAS LOCATED ON THE FOURTH FLOOR, NORTH SIDE OF THE D ISTRIBUTION BUILDING. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO RAISE A THREE SQUARE FOOT, 136 INCH L ONG STEEL DISTRIBUTION CHUTE INTO PLACE. APPARENTLY THE DISTRIBUTION CHUTE PIVOT ED WHILE IT WAS BEING LIFTED AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1 IN THE CHEST. HE SUFFERED UN KNOWN INTERNAL INJURIES AND DIED. THE DISTRIBUTION CHUTE IS BELIEVED TO HAVE WEI GHED ABOUT 1,000 POUNDS.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 544
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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