OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14478036

KNEE,CRANE BOOM,WORK RULES,CRAWLER CRANE,STRUCK BY,CONTUSION,CRANE,OVERTURN,UNSTABLE POSITION

1986-03-29T00:00:00

Event: KNEE,CRANE BOOM,WORK RULES,CRAWLER CRANE,STRUCK BY,CONTUSION,CRANE,OVERTURN,UNSTABLE POSITION
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14478036
Report ID: 111100

Event description

THREE EMPLOYEES INJURED WHEN CRANE OVERTURNED

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #3 WAS THE OPERATOR OF A CRAWLER CRANE. HE FAILED TO DETERMINE THE CHAN 2 WAS STRUCK A GLANCING BLOW BY EITHER THE CRANE BOOM OR THE WIRE ROPE. HE WAS H OPITALIZED WITH A KNEE INJURY. EMPLOYEE #3, THE CRANE OPERATOR, SUFFERED BRUISES WHEN BE WAS BOUNCED AROUND IN THE CAB WHEN THE CRANE OVERTURNED. THE CRANE OPER ATOR COULD HAVE PREVENTED THE ACCIDENT BY DROPPING THE LOAD RATHER THAN TRYING T O CHANGE THE SWING OF THE BOOM. GE IN LIFTING LIMITATIONS IMPOSED BY THE UNSTABLE FOOTING OF THE CRANE. EMPLOYEE S #1 AND #2 WERE STANDING IN FRONT OF A TRUCK WHICH WAS BEING LOADED BY THE CRAN E. AS THE FIRST LIFT OF THE MORNING GOT UNDERWAY, THE TWO EMPLOYEES ON THE GROUN D NOTICED THAT THE LOAD WAS SWINGING AWAY FROM THE CRANE AND TOWARD THE TRUCK. I T APPEARED THAT THE LOAD WOULD HIT THE TRUCK. THE TWO EMPLOYEES TRIED TO GET AWA Y FROM THE DANGER BY RUNNING IN THE DIRECTION FROM WHICH THE CRANE BOOM HAD COME . EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STRUCK BY THE CRANE BOOM WHEN THE CRANE OVERTURNED. HE SUFFERE D EXTENSIVE INTERNAL INJURIES AND DIED IN THE HOSPITAL 93 DAYS LATER. EMPLOYEE #

Victims (3)

#1 Fatality Age 58 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
3

Event type
1

Source
24

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
4

Task assigned
1
#2 Hospitalized Age 28 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
15

Event type
1

Source
24

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
4

Task assigned
1
#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 56 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
31

Event type
6

Source
24

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
2

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