OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14502199
RIGGING,ABDOMEN,CRANE HOOK,WORK RULES,SUSPENDED LOAD,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,HYDRAULIC CRANE
Event description
CONSTRUCTION WORKER KILLED WHEN CRANE LOAD FELL ON HIM
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PART OF A CREW ASSISTING IN THE HOISTING OF AN OVERHEAD CRANE FR AME BY A ROUGH TERRAIN HYDRAULIC CRANE. THE FRAME WAS SUSPENDED FROM THE CRANE H OOK BY CARBON STEEL CHAINS. WHEN THE LOAD SUDDENLY BECAME UNBALANCED, EMPLOYEE # 1 TRIED TO STABILIZE IT BY JUMPING UP ONTO THE HIGH SIDE OF THE LOAD. HIS WEIGHT ON THE LOAD CAUSED THE CHAIN TO SNAP OUT OF THE CRANE HOOK. THE LOAD CAME DOWN ON HIS ABDOMEN AND CRUSHED HIM TO DEATH. IMPROPER RIGGING PROCEEDURES WERE THE R OOT CAUSE OF THIS ACCIDENT.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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