OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14520100
BROKEN CABLE,FALL,ELEVATED WORK PLAT,CRANE
Event description
CRANE-SUSPENDED WORK PLATFORM FELL; EMPLOYEES INJURED
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 WERE WORKING FROM A PERSONNEL BASKET, SUSPENDED FROM A CRANE , ABOUT 50 TO 60 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. THEY WERE CHANGING THE HOG ROD (JIB SUSP ENSION) OF ANOTHER CRANE. THE OTHER CRANE'S BOOM BEGAN MOVING UP AND DOWN, AND S TRUCK THE CRANE SUPPORTING THE TWO EMPLOYEES. THE WHIP LINE BROKE, CAUSING EMPLO YEES #1 AND #2 TO FALL, IN THEIR BASKET, INTO SOME WILLOW TREES BELOW THEM. THEY WERE BOTH HOSPITALIZED WITH INJURIES.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 44 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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