OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14225122
E. LUKE GREENE COMPANY, INC.
SALTVILLE, VA·
Event description
CRANE OPERATOR CRUSHED BETWEEN CRANE AND FALLING LOAD
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 12:30 PM ON FEBRUARY 20, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1, A CRANE OPERATOR, W AS ATTEMPTING TO LIFT A TANK OUT OF THE MILL BUILDING AT THE UNITED GYPSUM COMPA NY PLANT OF PLASTERCO, VIRGINIA. THE WIRE ROPE SLINGS WERE HOOKED INTO HOLES WHI CH HAD BEEN BURNED IN THE SIDE OF THE TANK. WHEN THE STRUCTURAL STEEL BEAMS WERE CUT FROM AROUND THE TANK AND THE LOAD APPLIED TO THE SLINGS AND HOOKS, THE STEE L ON THE TANK BEGAN TO TEAR AND THE WIRE ROPE SLING BEGAN TO BREAK. THE TANK FEL L ONTO THE CRANE, CRUSHING EMPLOYEE #1, WHO WAS ATTEMPTING TO ESCAPE, BETWEEN TH E TANK AND CRANE. THE TANK CONTAINED AN ESTIMATED 20 TONS OF PLASTER, GREATLY IN CREASING THE WEIGHT OF THE LOAD.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 42 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 849
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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