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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14517486

SAND,SAND POT,SKULL,CONCUSSION,CONTUSION,HOPPER,FRACTURE,TRUCK CRANE,FALL,CRANE

Event
SAND,SAND POT,SKULL,CONCUSSION,CONTUSION,HOPPER,FRACTURE,TRUCK CRANE,FALL,CRANE
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14517486
Report ID
419700

Event description

FELL FROM SAND HOPPER

Investigation abstract

THE EMPLOYEES WERE PLACING ABRASIVE SAND INTO A LARGE HOPPER BY USING A SMALLER HOPPER LIFTED BY A CRANE. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS LOCATED ON TOP OF THE LARGE HOPPER, WH ICH WAS 8 BY 10 BY 29.5 FEET HIGH. EMPLOYEE #2 WAS ON THE HOPPER CROSS MEMBER, W HICH WAS 16.5 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. THE CRANE WAS A LINK-BELT TRUCK CRANE, 45 T ON, SER. NO. 9LGU4355. THE SMALL HOPPER WAS 5 FEET BY 5 FEET BY 6 FEET HIGH. THE BOOM DRUM SAFETY PAWL ON THE TRUCK CRANE WAS NOT ENGAGED. THE BOOM FELL ONTO TH E LARGE SAND HOPPER, KNOCKING EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 TO THE GROUND. EMPLOYEE #1 DIE D FROM A FRACTURED SKULL. EMPLOYEE #2 SUFFERED A CONCUSSION AND MULTIPLE BRUISES .

Victims (3)

  1. #1 Fatality Age 24 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    13
    Event type
    5
    Source
    24
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    9
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1
  2. #2 Hospitalized Age 32 M

    Nature of injury
    6
    Part of body
    13
    Event type
    5
    Source
    24
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    9
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1
  3. #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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