OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14295182

SAFETY LATCH,CRANE HOOK,STRUCK AGAINST,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,OVERHEAD CRANE,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,HIP,ROOF PANEL,INATTENTION

1989-09-20T00:00:00

Event: SAFETY LATCH,CRANE HOOK,STRUCK AGAINST,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,OVERHEAD CRANE,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,HIP,ROOF PANEL,INATTENTION
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14295182
Report ID: 355119

Event description

Employee injured when roof panel falls from crane

Investigation abstract

At about 6:00 a.m. on March 9, 1989, Employee #1 and a coworker were removing an approximately 2,500 lb roof panel from an HVAC unit using a 10 ton overhead tra veling crane and two sling chains. Employee #1 had lifted the 5 to 6 ft high roo f off the unit with the crane and was lowering it over the side of the building for repairs. As the roof was being lowered, the far edge caught on a coil pipe t hat stuck out 5 in. from the side wall. The roof bounced, causing the safety lat ch on the crane hook to fail. The chain came loose and the roof fell, striking E mployee #1 on the side of his face and on his left hand, and fracturing his left hip and leg. He was wearing a hard hat. He was hospitalized for his injuries.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 24 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
16

Event type
1

Source
24

Occupation code
534

Human factor
10

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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