OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14516470
C.P. WARD INCORPORATED
TAMPA, FL·
Event description
Operator injured when truck crane overturns
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was using a mobile truck crane with a 240-ft boom to dismantle a tow achine was leveled, the weight of the load was not ascertained, and the load rad ius was not determined with a measuring device. er crane. The truck crane was picking a 130-ft-long horizontal section of the to wer crane jib, which weighed over 21,000 lb, with only its rear auxiliary outrig gers set. The crane safely handled the load while it was behind the crane, but w hen the operator swung the load to its side, the crane tipped over. The boom and load brought down adjacent power lines. No workers on the ground were struck, b ut Employee #1 was brushed by the equipment when the cab fell onto its side. The manufacturer's recommendations were not followed with respect to handling loads at the maximum rated lift of the crane. Care was not taken to ensure that the m
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 42 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 1
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