OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14549703
LONG FOUNDATION & DRILLING COMPANY
KNOXVILLE, TN·
Event description
CRAWLER CRANE OVERTURNED INTO WATER; OPERATOR DROWNED
Investigation abstract
A 60 TON CAPACITY CRAWLER CRANE WAS SITTING ON A ROCK-FILL ROAD NEAR THE EDGE OF A LAKE. THE ROAD SURFACE UNDER THE CRANE COLLAPSED, TIPPING THE CRANE INTO APPR OXIMATELY FOUR FEET OF WATER. EMPLOYEE #1, THE OPERATOR, WAS TRAPPED UNDER WATER AND DROWNED. RESCUE EFFORTS WERE BEGUN IMMEDIATELY, AND CONTINUED FOR OVER NINE TY MINUTES BEFORE EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 41
- Occupation code
- 849
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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