OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14237705

WEAVER-BAILEY CONTRACTORS, INC.

LITTLE ROCK, AR· 1986-07-01T00:00:00

Event: SUSPENDED LOAD, BROKEN CABLE, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, TWO-BLOCKING, CRANE OPERATOR, FALLING OBJECT
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #101792141
Employer profile: WEAVER-BAILEY CONTRACTORS, INC.
Summary number: 14237705
Report ID: 627100

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

#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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