OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14522536
OVERHEAD CRANE,STRUCK BY,TRAILER,CRANE
Event description
STRUCK BY CORNER OF FLAT BED TRAILER
Investigation abstract
AN OVERHEAD CRANE WAS BEING USED TO TURN OVER A FLAT BED TRAILER. THE TRAILER WA E GROUND. SUDDENLY, TWO WELDS ON EACH SIDE OF THE CENTER POCKET LET GO. THE TRAI LER FELL BACK TO IT'S ORIGINAL HORIZONTAL POSITION. AS IT FELL, THE LEFT SIDE RE BOUNDED ABOUT 4 FEET UPWARDS (BECAUSE OF THE LANDING JACKS). EMPLOYEE #1 MUST HA VE MOVED AS THE TRAILER FELL, BECAUSE AS THE LEFT FRONT OF THE TRAILER REBOUNDED IT STRUCK HIM IN THE UPPER THIGH AND GROIN AREA, KILLING HIM. S 40 FEET LONG BY 8 FEET WIDE. TWO LANDING JACKS WERE IN PLACE AND ONE WHEEL ASS EMBLY WAS REMOVED. A 3/8 CHAIN SLING WAS PLACED BETWEEN THE TRAILER AND RUB RAIL , WELDED TOP AND BOTTOM TO 3 1/2" BY 4" CHANNEL POCKETS AND UNDER 5 POCKETS JUST FORWARD OF CENTER ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE TRAILER. THE CRANE LIFTED THE TRAILE R TO A VERTICAL POSITION. EMPLOYEE #1, IN CHARGE OF THE OPERATION, WAS STANDING DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE TRAILER WITH ONE ARM OUTSTRETCHED, HIS HAND TOUCHING TH E TRAILER. HE TOLD THE CRANE OPERATOR TO RAISE THE TRAILER A LITTLE BIT. THE TRA ILER FRONT END WAS RAISED ABOUT 2 FEET MORE. THE REAR END WAS IN CONTACT WITH TH
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 9
- Part of body
- 23
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 3
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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