OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14527600

COOK CONSTRUCTION COMPANY

JACKSON, MS· 1986-12-12T00:00:00

Event: BOOM, UNSECURED, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, SLING, FALLING OBJECT, FLATBED TRUCK
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #101632206
Employer profile: COOK CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
Summary number: 14527600
Report ID: 419400

Event description

BOOM FELL ONTO EMPLOYEE, KILLING HIM

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ATTEMPTING TO HOOK A CHAIN SLING TO A DIESEL MOTOR. THE BOOM, SU PPORTED FROM THE CRANE BY ANOTHER CHAIN SLING, FELL AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1, CRUS HING HIM AGAINST THE DIESEL MOTOR. HE WAS KILLED.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 20 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
4

Event type
1

Source
27

Occupation code
516

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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