OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14382907
HEAD,DISMANTLING,UNSECURED,BLOCKS,CRANE BOOM,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT
Event description
Employee killed when crushed by collapsing crane boom
Investigation abstract
On June 21, 1986, Employee #1 was assisting a coworker in dismantling the boom s ection of a truck crane. The crane boom had not been secured with cribbing or bl ocking. Employee #1 removed the lower boom pins while he was under the boom sect ion. The boom fell on top of him, causing massive head injures. Employee #1 was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 43 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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