OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14388391
CRAWLER CRANE,FLOWING MATERIAL,IRON,STRUCK BY
Event description
EMPLOYEE STRUCK BY IRON PIECE FLOWN INTO CRANE CABIN
Investigation abstract
On October 18, 1989, Employee #1 was dropping balling iron using a crawler-crane . A piece flew into the cabin and struck Employee #1 in the head. Earlier, Emplo yee #1 removed the front window from his crawler-crane because he complained he could not see well.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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