OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14511620
AIRE & ELECTRIC SYSTEMS, INC.
AUSTIN, TX·
Event description
Employee killed in fall from destabilized crane
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and a coworker were repairing a bridge crane. The coworker had gone to turn off the power when he heard a noise. He saw the crane's support cable br eak and the crane. begin to rock. Employee #1, who was working on the motor, los t his balance and fell 37 ft 6 in. to his death. He was not wearing a safety bel t.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 503
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 2
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