OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14401673
CHEST,TRUCK CRANE,CRUSHED,CRANE COUNTERWEIGHT,STRUCK BY,NIP POINT,CRANE,HYDRAULIC CRANE
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY CRANE COUNTERWEIGHT
Investigation abstract
At approximately 10:30 a.m. on October 3, 1989, Employee #1 and Employee #2 were reviewing a set of blueprints lying on the deck of the FMC Link Belt HTC-50, hy draulic truck mounted crane. They were located within the swing radius of the re ar of the rotating super-structure. The crane operator and two ironworkers/signa lers had just completed the hoisting/lifting operation of a load of bar. As the crane swung back to the left to lower the load to the unloading position directl y over the rear of the crane, the counterweight of the rotating superstructure s truck Employee #1 in the chest killing him.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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