OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14290316
CHEST,DISMANTLING,UNSECURED,BLOCKS,CRANE BOOM,WORK RULES,MOBILE CRANE,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED,CRANE
Event description
CONSTRUCTION WORKER KILLED WHEN CRANE BOOM FELL ON HIM
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 2:15 PM ON APRIL 19, 1988, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS DISMANTLING A TRUCK CRANE BOOM (50' OF A 70' BOOM). THE BOOM WAS SUSPENDED ABOUT 5 FEET ABOVE THE GR OUND. WHILE UNDER THE BOOM, EMPLOYEE #1 APPARENTLY REMOVED THE TWO LOWER PINS CO NNECTING THE BOOM SECTIONS. HE HAD NOT BLOCKED THE BOOM OR REPOSITIONED THE PEND ANT LINES. THE BOOM SECTIONS SPREAD APART AT THE BOTTOM AND THEN FELL. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CRUSHED BY THE FALLING BOOM. HE DIED ONE HOUR LATER IN THE HOSPITAL DUE T O CRUSHING CHEST INJURIES.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 2
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