OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14336390
HEAD,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,STRUCK AGAINST,FALL,CRANE OPERATOR,FALLING OBJECT
Event description
Crane operator killed while hoisting platforms
Investigation abstract
At 7:45 p.m. on April 18, 1989, two employees were moving a 23 ft 6 in. by 11 ft platform to another area to be painted. Employee #1, the crane operator, set th e platform on two boards and leaned the platform against two A-frames. He then u nhooked the slings from the crane. But the platform began to slide out at the bo ttom and the two wheeled A-frames rolled out of the way. Employee #1 fell, strik ing his head against a metal sawhorse. He died of head injuries. Employee #1 sho uld have secured the load before releasing it from the crane. Two previously hoi sted platforms had been secured to A-frames with C-clamps.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 57 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 4
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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