OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14520969
MCCLELLAND SERVICES, INC.
GRANITE CITY, IL·
Event description
Employee killed when crushed in overturning crane
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was operating a truck-mounted hydraulic crane to remove a sump pump from an excavation. The crane was parked with the rear of the truck against the side of the excavation. The crane's rear outriggers were extended; the front out riggers were not. The pump was hoisted with the boom over the rear of the truck. The boom was then traversed over the side of the truck. While the crane load wa s being spotted, the crane and truck overturned, pinning Employee #1 between the passenger side control station and a generator located along the passenger side of the truck-mounted crane. Employee #1 was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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