OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14520050
W.M.I., INC.
CAMPTI, LA·
Event description
CRANE TIPPED OVER ONTO EMPLOYEE, SUBMERGING & DROWNING HIM
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 4:30 PM ON NOVENBER 3, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1, A CRANE OPERATOR, WAS 70 FEET. THE BOOM ANGLE WAS 48.75 DEGREES. THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS LISTED AS DRO WNING. MOVING A PIECE OF PVC PIPE, 55 FEET LONG AND WEIGHING ABOUT 300 POUNDS, FROM SL UDGE POND #1 TO SLUDGE POND #2. HE WAS USING A GROVE RT 522 MOBILE CRANE. THE OU TRIGGERS FOR THE CRANE WERE NOT FULLY EXTENDED BECAUSE THE ROAD/LEVEE ON WHICH T HE CRANE WAS LOCATED WAS NOT WIDE ENOUGH. WHILE THE BOOM WAS IN A OVER-THE-SIDE POSITION (PERPENDICULAR TO THE LONGITUDINAL CENTER LINE OF THE CRANE) THE CRANE BEGAN TO TIP TOWARD THE LOAD SIDE. EMPLOYEE #1 JUMPED FROM THE CRANE INTO SLUDGE POND #2 (ON THE LOAD SIDE OF THE CRANE). THE CRANE TOPPLED ONTO EMPLOYEE #1, FO RCING HIM DOWN INTO THE SLUDGE. THE MAIN BOOM LENGTH AT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT WAS
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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