OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14257844
SOLITE LIGHTWEIGHT TRANSPORTATION INC
CHARLOTTE, NC·
Event description
STRUCK BY A CRANELOAD OF CONCRETE BLOCKS
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 4:30 PM ON JUNE 3, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS USING A DICO HYDRAULIC IS BACK AND CHEST. HIS DEATH WAS ATTRIBUTED TO CRUSHING INJURIES TO THE CHEST. T HE PORTABLE REMOTE CONTROL USED WITH THE CRANE WAS NOT EQUIPPED WITH ANY MEANS T O STOP OR START THE CRANE. TROLLEY BOOM CRANE TO UNLOAD CUBES OF CONCRETE BLOCKS FROM THE BED OF A MACK TR UCK. FOR REASONS WHICH ARE NOT KNOWN, THE BOOM STARTED SWINGING IN A CLOCKWISE D IRECTION. EMPLOYEE #1, WHO WAS OPERATING THE CRANE THROUGH A PORTABLE REMOTE CON TROL DEVICE, WAS STRUCK BY THE CRANE LOAD AND FORCED AGAINST THE TRUCK BED AND U P ONTO THE TRUCK. THE BOOM CONTINUED TO SWING, KNOCKING A PILE OF BLOCKS FROM TH E TRUCK AND ONTO THE GROUND. A FELLOW EMPLOYEE HEARD THE BLOCKS FALL AND RAN TO THE TRUCK. HE SAW THAT THE BOOM WAS OUT OF CONTROL AND CUT THE CRANE'S POWER. EM PLOYEE #1 SUFFERED HEAD AND INTERNAL INJURIES AS WELL AS NUMEROUS ABRASIONS TO H
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 849
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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