OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14255129
KING DRY STORAGE CONTAINER INC
BEANFORT, NC·
Event description
EMPLOYEE STRUCK BY FALLING CRANE BOOM
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 AND A MECHANIC TRAVELED TO DUDLEY SEAFOOD INC., LOCATED ON HIGHWAY 7 THEN BOOMED UP AND HOOKED TO THE THERMO-KING COMPRESSOR ON THE BACK OF THE TRUCK . THE COMPRESSOR WAS THEN LIFTED FROM THE TRUCK AND PLACED ON THE GROUND. EMPLOY EE #1 THEN CLIMBED TO THE TOP OF THE REFIGERATION UNIT TO ASSIST IN ATTACHING A CHAIN TO THE COMPRESSOR TO BE REPLACED. AS EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PREPARING TO HOOK THE CHAIN TO THE BOOM HOOK, THE BOOM HOIST GEAR ON THE CRAWLER CRANE BEGAN HAVING T HE 26 GEAR TEETH BREAK OFF, ONE AT A TIME. THE BOOM FEATHERED DOWNWARD UNTIL ALL THE TEETH HAD BEEN BROKEN OFF. THE BOOM THEN FELL DOWNWARD, STRIKING EMPLOYEE # 1 IN THE BACK AND CRUSHING HIM BETWEEN THE CRANE BOOM AND THE TOP OF THE REFIGER ATION UNIT. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 10:15 AM. THE BOOM WAS REMOVE D FROM EMPLOYEE #1 AND HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL BY THE RESCUE SQUAD. H 0 IN BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA, TO REMOVE AND REPLACE A 975 POUND THERMO-KING COM E DIED AT APPROXIMATELY 3:15 PM THE SAME DAY FROM A RUPTURED AORTA. PRESSOR. THE COMPRESSOR WAS A COMPONENT OF DUDLEY'S REFIGERATION UNIT. EMPLOYEE #1 AND THE MECHANIC ARRIVED AT THE SITE AT ABOUT 7:50 AM ON JULY 11, 1986. EMPLO YEE #1 AND THE MECHANIC TALKED WITH THE PRESIDENT OF DUDLEY SEAFOOD ABOUT USING A FORKLIFT TO LIFT THE COMPRESSOR, BUT IT WAS DECIDED TO USE A CRAWLER CRANE OWN ED BY DUDLEY SEAFOOD INSTEAD. THE CRAWLER CRANE, MODEL #614, SN 50460, MANUFACTU RED IN DECEMBER 1945, WAS STARTED UP AND PREPARED FOR USE IN MAKING THE TRANSFER . THE CRANE WAS VISUALLY CHECKED BY MR DUDLEY OF DUDLEY SEAFOOD (THE OPERATOR),
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 18
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 804
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 2
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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