OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14514152

HEAD,TWO-BLOCKING,HOISTING MECHANISM,BROKEN CABLE,STRUCK BY,CRANE BLOCK,FALLING OBJECT,LIMIT SWITCH

1990-04-05T00:00:00

Event: HEAD,TWO-BLOCKING,HOISTING MECHANISM,BROKEN CABLE,STRUCK BY,CRANE BLOCK,FALLING OBJECT,LIMIT SWITCH
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14514152
Report ID: 524700

Event description

Employee killed when struck on head by crane hook block

Investigation abstract

At 9:00 a.m. on April 5, 1990, Employee #1, of Triangle Equipment Corp., a truck ing company, was working at Empire Detroit Steel when a two-blocked crane hook b lock, which did not have a hoist upper travel safety limit switch, jammed and se vered the lift cables. The block fell on the employee's head, killing him.

Victims (2)

#1 Fatality Age 58 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
24

Occupation code
999

Human factor
9

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1
#981 Degree 0 Age 0

Nature of injury
0

Part of body
0

Event type
0

Source
0

Occupation code
0

Human factor
0

Environmental factor
0

Task assigned
0

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