OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14346738

BOOM,WORK RULES,OVERLOADED,SUSPENDED LOAD,CONSTRUCTION,STRUCK BY,CRANE OPERATOR,FALLING OBJECT,HYDRAULIC CRANE,OVERTURN

1986-05-09T00:00:00

Event: BOOM,WORK RULES,OVERLOADED,SUSPENDED LOAD,CONSTRUCTION,STRUCK BY,CRANE OPERATOR,FALLING OBJECT,HYDRAULIC CRANE,OVERTURN
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14346738
Report ID: 420600

Event description

One killed, two injured when overloaded crane overturns

Investigation abstract

Employees #1 and #2 were in the vicinity when Employee #3, the operator of a hyd raulic crane, lifted a load of more than 17,000 lb over the front end of the cra ne. The crane's boom was fully extended to 81 ft. When the load was rotated to t he left, the crane toppled over. Employees #1 and #2 were struck by the falling boom and Employee #1 was killed. Employee #3, who was inside the cab, was injure d. Employee #3 and the ground crew thought the load weighed between 5 and 6 tons , but the weight was not known at the time of the lift.

Victims (3)

#1 Fatality Age 40 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
24

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
8

Task assigned
2
#2 Hospitalized Age 40 F

Nature of injury
3

Part of body
18

Event type
2

Source
24

Occupation code
999

Human factor
4

Environmental factor
8

Task assigned
1
#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 23 M

Nature of injury
3

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
24

Occupation code
999

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
8

Task assigned
2

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