OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14511463
INADEQUATE MAINT,CRANE BOOM,WORK RULES,CRAWLER CRANE,CONSTRUCTION,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,BOOM SUPPORT CABLE
Event description
One killed, one injured when struck by crane boom
Investigation abstract
A crawler crane was being used at a construction site to lift 2-cubic-yard bucke ts of concrete 45 ft to a bridge under construction. The boom support lines fail ed, and the crane boom dropped to the bridge deck, striking Employees #1 and #2. Employee #1 was killed and Employee #2 sustained minor injuries. The crane had not been properly inspected, the rope conditions had not been reported on the pr oper inspection forms, and the crane's moving parts, including the wire rope, ha d not been properly lubricated.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 20
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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