OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14267017
TRUCK CRANE,STEEL COLUMN,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,CRANE
Event description
STRUCK BY REINFORCED STEEL COLUMN THAT FELL FROM CRANE
Investigation abstract
ON JUNE 28, 1984 AT 4:30 P.M. EMPLOYEE # 1 WAS INSTALLING REINFORCED STEEL COLUM NS AT THE SECOND FLOOR OF A PARKING GARAGE. WHILE WORKING AT COLUMN #13, HE WAS STRUCK BY A 2,500 POUND STEEL COLUMN HE WAS ABOUT TO SET. THE 24 FOOT STEEL COLU MN HAD BEEN LIFTED OVER HIS HEAD BY A 70 TON TRUCK CRANE, AND HELD ABOUT 20 FEET OVER HIS HEAD. THE STEEL COLUMN FELL AND LANDED ON HIS LAP.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 5
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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