OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14399893

HEAD,SHOULDER,UNSECURED,CRANE BOOM,TRUCK CRANE,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,STRUCK BY,COMMUNICATION

1985-04-30T00:00:00

Event: HEAD,SHOULDER,UNSECURED,CRANE BOOM,TRUCK CRANE,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,STRUCK BY,COMMUNICATION
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14399893
Report ID: 626300

Event description

Employee killed when struck by falling crane boom

Investigation abstract

A 1964 P & H truck crane, model 218TC, with a 50 ft boom was being used to trans port I-beams from a storage area to a position where they could be picked up by a larger crane inside a building. Employee #1 was connecting one end of a 20 ft sling to an I-beam and checking the beam number when the crane started to swing the load. The boom fell, striking Employee #1 on the head and shoulders. He was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 44 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
27

Occupation code
999

Human factor
10

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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