OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14478150
DISMANTLING,PIN,UNSECURED,CRANE BOOM,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT
Event description
Employee killed while dismantling crane boom
Investigation abstract
At 1:05 p.m. on December 12, 1986, Employee #1 was dismantling a crane boom. He removed the four cotter pins otter pins and then began to remove the holding pin s on the bottom of the boom. He removed the first one and went under the boom to remove the other one when the boom jackknifed onto him. He was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 42 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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