OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14342943
CHEST,SHOULDER,CRANE BOOM,CONSTRUCTION,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,STRUCK BY,ARM
Event description
Employee killed, one hurt when struck by buckling crane boom
Investigation abstract
At about 3:45 p.m. on March 26, 1990, Employees #1 and #2 were landing a precast slab for a bridge section. Employee #1 was standing on a support beam over the water and Employee #2 was 20 feet away on the previously placed slab. The crane, a 45 ton North Western, serial #J-12139, started to boom up to pull the slab fo rward when the boom section forward of the heel section buckled. The boom tip an d mid section swung around at a 45 degree angle, landing on the bridge workers. Employee #1 died immediately of multiple trauma. Employee #2 was struck on the s houlder, chest, and arm.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 46 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 21
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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