OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14271886
DISMANTLING,COLLAPSE,UNSECURED,CRANE BOOM,WORK RULES,FALLING OBJECT
Event description
Employees injured when crane boom collapses
Investigation abstract
At approximately 11:55 a.m. on July 1, 1989, Employees #1 and #2 and a coworker were disconnecting the boom section of an Erie Bucyrus crane, serial #127405. Th e coworker removed the lower pins between the boom's first and second sections b efore the support cable was connected to the boom's first section. As a result t here was no support for the boom and it collapsed, injuring Employees #1 and #2. Employee #2 was hospitalized.
Victims (2)
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 2
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#2 Hospitalized Age 53 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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