OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14246995
MAINTENANCE,WORK RULES,WALKING SURFACE,FALL,FLOOR OPENING,UNGUARDED,CRANE
Event description
EMPLOYEE FELL THROUGH AN OPENING IN A CRANE WALKWAY
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1, A CRANE OPERATOR, HAD MOVED HIS CRANE TO THE CENTER OF THE SKULLER IXTURE. THE REMOVAL OF THE COVER PLATE LEFT A 24 BY 36 INCH OPENING UNGUARDED. E MPLOYEE #1 WAS UNAWARE OF THE UNGUARDED OPENING IN THE WALKWAY AND STEPPED INTO IT. HE WAS FATALLY INJURED IN THE 40 FOOT FALL TO THE FLOOR. BUILDING SO THE ELECTRICIANS COULD BLOW OFF GRAPHITE DUST FROM THE ELECTRICAL MO TORS AND ELECTRIC PARTS OF THE CRANE (A MILWAUKEE-130 TON OVERHEAD CRANE). AFTER PARKING THE CRANE, EMPLOYEE #1 LEFT THE CAB, MOVED TO THE CRANE WALKWAY AND WAL KED ACROSS THE BRIDGE TO THE BOARDING WALKWAY. HE WAS STANDING THERE WHEN AN ELE CTRICAL FOREMAN CAME AND TALKED TO HIM FOR A FEW MINUTES. HE THEN WENT TO THE BR IDGE CORNER OF THE CRANE (OPPOSITE TO THE CRANE WALKWAY). SOON AFTER THIS HE RET URNED TO THE CRANE WALKWAY, WALKING PAST THE ELECTRICAL FOREMAN AND AN ELECTRICI AN WHO HAD RECENTLY REMOVED A COVER PLATE ON THE WALKWAY FOR ACCESS TO A LIGHT F
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 59 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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