OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14401988
H. B. ZACHRY MARINE INC.
ARANSAS PASS, TX·
Event description
EMPLOYEE FELL 240 FEET FROM CRANE SUSPENDED WORK PLATFORM
Investigation abstract
ON OCTOBER 20, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 AND TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE BEING HOISTED TO T TRUCTURE, LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL 240 FEET TO THE GROUND. HE WAS KILLED. HE UPPER ELEVATION OF THE "MOBIL" GREEN CANYON JACKET. THEY INTENDED TO BLEED HY DRAULIC LINES FROM A 12 FOOT WORK PLATFORM, CONSISTING OF A TWO LEGGED BRIDLE, W HICH WAS SUSPENDED FROM THE HOOK OF A MANITOWOC 4100 CRANE. THE EMPLOYEES USED R ADIOS TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE CRANE OPERATOR. NONE OF THE EMPLOYEES HAD SECURED THEIR SAFETY BELTS. AT ABOUT 240 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL THE SIGNALMAN INSTRUCTE D THE CRANE OPERATOR TO "BOOM UP". THE JIB BECAME HUNG UP ON A PROTRUDING STRUCT URE NEAR THE TOP OF THE JACKET. WHEN THE JIB SPRANG LOOSE, THE PLATFORM BEGAN BO UNCING UP AND DOWN. EMPLOYEE #1 PANICKED, CLIMBED OUT OF THE PLATFORM ONTO THE S
Victims (4)
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#1 Fatality Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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#982 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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#983 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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