OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14391569
SHIPYARD,FOREHEAD,OVERLOADED,SUSPENDED LOAD,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,STRUCK BY,SLING,BOAT
Event description
Employee killed when struck by falling crane load
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was working at a shipyard when a 64 ft long linenglass pleasure boat came in for bottom repairs. The boat was backed up to a bulkhead and a 3 in. wi de by 32 ft long web sling attached to a 165 ton crawler crane was placed under the stern to lift the boat approximately 3 ft above the water. Employee #1 and a coworker were on a small-float pontoon barge working on the propeller when one end of the web sling broke loose from the metal eye end attachment. The 62,500 l b boat fell and struck Employee #1 on the forehead, knocking him into the water. He was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 18 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 4
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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