OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14517668
PILING,PILE DRIVER,CONSTRUCTION,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,STRUCK BY,CRANE OPERATOR,CRANE
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
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#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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