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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14413140

PERSONNEL CAGE,CRANE HOOK,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BY,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,HYDRAULIC CRANE

Event
PERSONNEL CAGE,CRANE HOOK,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BY,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,HYDRAULIC CRANE
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14413140
Report ID
627400

Event description

Employee killed when personnel basket falls

Investigation abstract

A hydraulic crane was being used to lower a personnel basket carrying Employee # 1 into the receiving leg of a feed lot. As the basket descended into the leg, it became caught on the side of the leg. This caused the crane's hook to slip out of the lifting eye of the basket, allowing it to fall 100 ft. Employee #1 died o f injuries sustained in the fall.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 44 M

    Nature of injury
    3
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    5
    Source
    24
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    6
    Environmental factor
    8
    Task assigned
    1

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