OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14325351

CRANE HOOK,HOISTING MECHANISM,COLLAPSE,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CRUSHED,STRUCK BY,UNSTABLE POSITION

1985-11-27T00:00:00

Event: CRANE HOOK,HOISTING MECHANISM,COLLAPSE,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CRUSHED,STRUCK BY,UNSTABLE POSITION
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14325351
Report ID: 317500

Event description

Employee killed when crushed by falling prefabricated device

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 and a coworker were assembling a double roll tong lifting device tha t was used as a below-the-hook lifting device. This device, which was in the fab rication assembly phase, had been partially assembled on its side on the floor. A bridge crane had then lifted it upright and set it on the four tong arms. As t he two workers attempted to align the top of the assembly to insert key trunion pins, the crane hook that was stabilizing the tongs was removed. It was needed f or the final assembly because other lifting equipment was not available. While t he two workers were aligning the assembly to insert the pins, the tong device co llapsed. Employee #1 was caught as the device tipped over and crushed to death.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 28 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
4

Event type
2

Source
28

Occupation code
999

Human factor
6

Environmental factor
4

Task assigned
1

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