[Description of the Accident]
This accident
occurred during repair work on the slanted concrete wall of an intake pit
at a garbage disposal site.
On the day of the accident, a worker
affixed anchor bolts in the concrete wall of the intake pit by using a
sling suspended from the traveling crane installed at a garbage disposal
site.
While trying to build a temporary scaffold by installing a
5-meter metal beam on two anchor bolts, the worker dropped the beam into
the garbage.
Accordingly, the worker asked the crane operator to
lower the sling, and tried to wind the cable around the beam so that it
could be lifted up. While trying to fasten the cable, the worker suddenly
fell forward.
The crane operator immediately climbed down into the
pit to rescue the worker, but also fell down into the pit.
While
the both men were evacuated from the pit by ambulance crew, the workers
were was pronounced dead from anoxia.
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