OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14400063

HEAD,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,STRUCK BY,TWO-BLOCKING,CRANE OPERATOR,FALLING OBJECT,HEADACHE BALL,CRANE

1985-05-13T00:00:00

Event: HEAD,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,STRUCK BY,TWO-BLOCKING,CRANE OPERATOR,FALLING OBJECT,HEADACHE BALL,CRANE
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14400063
Report ID: 626300

Event description

Employee killed when struck by falling headache ball

Investigation abstract

Employee #1, an experienced crane operator, was performing flagging operations w hen the hoist line was two-blocked and the 190 lb headache ball was drawn up to the boom nosepoint, creating extreme stress on the wire rope. This caused the ba ll to fall and strike Employee #1 in the head. He was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 36 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
24

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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