OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14467393
BROWN & ROOT MARINE A DIVISION OF BROWN & ROOT USA
PORT O'CONNOR, TX·
Event description
Employee killed when struck by 1,700 lb spreader bar
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was removing slings from bundles of pipe being unloaded from a work boat using a Link Belt crawler crane. Two coworkers were on the boat, hooking up the bundles of pipe. After the crane operator landed the eleventh bundle, Emplo yee #1 removed the sling from one end of the bundle and motioned for more slack so he could release the sling from the other end. The crane operator said that t he next thing he knew, the 1,700 lb spreader bar was on the ground atop Employee #1, who was killed. Subsequent examination of the crane revealed no mechanical malfunction.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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