OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14461917
CHEST,COUNTERBALANCE,PINNED,CAUGHT BY,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED,NECK,STRUCK BY,UNGUARDED,CRANE
Event description
Employee crushed and killed by crane counterweight
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was standing almost against the outrigger upright post at the left r ear of a crane. As the crane swung around, it caught him and pulled him onto the outrigger post. The distance between the top of the outrigger post and the coun terweight was 3 1/4 inches. The employee was pinned between the crane counterwei ght and the left-rear outrigger. There were no barrier or awareness guards aroun d the crane to prevent employees from being injured or killed as it traversed. E mployee's chest and neck were completely crushed and he was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 42 M
- Nature of injury
- 18
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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