OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14246920

HEAD,DISMANTLING,BOOM,PIN,CRANE BOOM,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT

1987-08-04T00:00:00

Event: HEAD,DISMANTLING,BOOM,PIN,CRANE BOOM,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14246920
Report ID: 317500

Event description

Employee killed when struck by falling crane boom

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was dismantling a ladder-type crane boom that measured 40 ft in leng th. The tab under the center split and drove out the two bottom pins. This allow ed the heel section to drop out onto the employee's head, killing him.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 27 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
24

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
2

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