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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14388391

CRAWLER CRANE,FLOWING MATERIAL,IRON,STRUCK BY

Event
CRAWLER CRANE,FLOWING MATERIAL,IRON,STRUCK BY
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14388391
Report ID
524700

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

  1. #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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