OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14497085
JACO CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
LONOKE, AR·
Event description
Two employees injured when personnel platform fell
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 and #2 were in a personnel platform that was being lifted by a cran e to install more sheetmetal atop a grain storage tank. The platform was approxi mately 20 ft above the 81 ft tall tank when the crane operator apparently let th e crane boom fall. When the boom struck an I-beam on top of the tank, the boom c ollapsed and the platform fell to the ground. Employees #1 and #2 sustained inju ries and were hospitalized. The two employees were wearing hard hats and safety belts, and their lanyards were tied off.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 9
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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