OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14465116

FRACTURE,HEAD,CRANE OUTRIGGER,CONCRETE PANEL,CRUSHED,LACERATION,FALLING OBJECT,CRANE

1984-04-11T15:30:00

Event: FRACTURE,HEAD,CRANE OUTRIGGER,CONCRETE PANEL,CRUSHED,LACERATION,FALLING OBJECT,CRANE
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14465116
Report ID: 551800

Event description

PRECAST CONCRETE PANEL FELL ON EMPLOYEES.

Investigation abstract

ON APRIL 11, 1984, AT 3:30 - 3:45 PM, EMPLOYEES #1,2, AND 3 WERE PLACING CRIBBIN E #3 WAS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE CRIBBING OPERATION AND WAS PINNED UNDER THE PA NEL. HE SUFFERED A BROKEN CLAVICLE AND A NECK LACERATION. THE PANEL HAD BEEN LEF T STANDING UPRIGHT , UNSECURED, ON SOFT SOIL WHILE THE EMPLOYEE'S ATTENTION WAS FOCUSED ON THE CRIBBING OPERATION. THE CRANE OUTRIGGER HAD NOT BEEN SUPPORTED PR OPERLY FOR THE EXISTING SOIL CONDITIONS. G FOR SUPPORT OF AN OUTRIGGER ON A GROVE CRANE, SERIAL NUMBER 33674, MODEL RT 65 5, WHEN THEY WERE STRUCK BY A FALLING PRECAST CONCRETE PANEL WEIGHING 21,372 POU NDS. THE PANEL WAS BEING SET ON THE EAST WALL OF THE BUILDING , BUT HAD TEMPORAR ILY BEEN PLACED ON THE GROUND, AND SUPPORTED AGAINST THE BUILDING STEEL WHILE TH E CRIBBING WAS BEING COMPLETED. EMPLOYEE #1 HAD BEEN PICKING UP CRIBBING MATERIA L AND WAS NEAR THE CENTER OF THE PANEL WHEN IT FELL ON HIM, CAUSING FATAL HEAD I NJURIES. EMPLOYEE #2 WAS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE CRIBBING OPERATION AND WAS PUS HED 10 - 15 FEET TO THE NORTHEAST, SUFFERING ABRASIONS ON HIS RIGHT ARM. EMPLOYE

Victims (3)

#1 Fatality Age 31 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
8

Occupation code
597

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1
#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 37 M

Nature of injury
3

Part of body
2

Event type
1

Source
8

Occupation code
597

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1
#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 50 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
21

Event type
1

Source
8

Occupation code
597

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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