OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14465637
CLEARANCE,PILING,CRAWLER CRANE,CONSTRUCTION,STRUCK BY,MECH MALFUNCTION
Event description
Employee struck and killed by falling timber pylon
Investigation abstract
At approximately 10:00 a.m. on or about June 20,1989, Employee #1 and six cowork ers were pile driving. All the employees were standing 30 to 50 ft away from a 5 5- or 60- ton American 5299 crawler crane that was installing a timber pylon int o a 52 ft lead. The equipment malfunctioned and the pylon fell out of the lead, striking and killing Employee #1. He was facing the pylon as it fell and was tho ught to be at a safe distance from the equipment.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 2
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