OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14444954
ASPHYXIATED,CRAWLER CRANE,CONSTRUCTION,UNSTABLE SURFACE,CRANE,OVERTURN,UNSTABLE POSITION
Event description
CRANE OVERTURNED, TRAPPING AND KILLING OPERATOR
Investigation abstract
A CRAWLER CRANE WAS PLACED IN POSITION TO DRIVE CONCRETE PILING FOR A HIGHWAY BR IDGE. THE CRANE WAS PLACED ON AN ELEVATED "FINGER", COMPOSED OF DIRT, ROCK AND C ORDUROY, PARALLEL TO THE DRIVE AREA. THE EDGE OF THE "FINGER" COLLAPSED, CAUSING THE CRANE TO FALL OVER INTO THE SWAMP. THE OPERATOR, EMPLOYEE #1, WAS TRAPPED U NDER A PART OF THE CRANE AND WAS ASPHYXIATED BY PRESSURE ON HIS CHEST. CAUSE: TH E CRANE WAS NOT SET UP ON A BASE FIRM ENOUGH TO SUPPORT ITS WEIGHT.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 849
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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