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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14300610

AMPUTATED,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,AERIAL LIFT,CONTUSION,FOOT,INSTALLING,CRANE BOOM,CONSTRUCTION,BACK,FALL

Event
AMPUTATED,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,AERIAL LIFT,CONTUSION,FOOT,INSTALLING,CRANE BOOM,CONSTRUCTION,BACK,FALL
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14300610
Report ID
951510

Event description

Two employees injured when crane boom collapses

Investigation abstract

Employees #1 and #2, both sheetmetal workers, were installing rubber weatherstri pping around the telescope windows on an observatory dome. They were working fro m a manlift basket suspended from a truck crane when the crane boom collapsed, d ropping the two employees to the ground. Employee #1 had parts of his right and left feet amputated and his left foot was badly bruised. Employee #2 suffered sl ight back pains.

Victims (3)

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 51 M

    Nature of injury
    1
    Part of body
    11
    Event type
    5
    Source
    24
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    6
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    1
  2. #2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 31 M

    Nature of injury
    20
    Part of body
    3
    Event type
    5
    Source
    24
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    6
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    1
  3. #981 Degree 0 Age 0

    Nature of injury
    0
    Part of body
    0
    Event type
    0
    Source
    0
    Occupation code
    0
    Human factor
    0
    Environmental factor
    0
    Task assigned
    0

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