OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14237705
SUSPENDED LOAD,BROKEN CABLE,CONSTRUCTION,STRUCK BY,TWO-BLOCKING,CRANE OPERATOR,FALLING OBJECT
Event description
Employee killed when struck by falling crane load
Investigation abstract
A wheel-mounted crane was being used to hoist an empty 3/4 yd concrete bucket ov erhead. The crane operator "two-blocked" the load, breaking the 1/2 in. wide cab le and causing the bucket to fall. It struck Employee #1, killing him.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 54 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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