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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14517668

PILING,PILE DRIVER,CONSTRUCTION,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,STRUCK BY,CRANE OPERATOR,CRANE

Event
PILING,PILE DRIVER,CONSTRUCTION,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,STRUCK BY,CRANE OPERATOR,CRANE
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14517668
Report ID
419700

Event description

Employee killed when struck by pile driving equipment

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was operating a pile-driving American crane when the concrete piling failed, breaking at ground level. The piling and pile driver equipment swung in to the outside part of the crane cab, striking Employee #1 as he attempted eithe r to jump off the crane or to get behind the cab for protection. He was killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 52 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    5
    Event type
    1
    Source
    24
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    8
    Task assigned
    1

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