OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14550305
FRACTURE,HEAD,OVERHEAD CRANE,STRUCK BY,ARM,FALLING OBJECT,HAND,CRANE,UNSTABLE LOAD
Event description
STRUCK BY FALLING LOAD OF STEEL
Investigation abstract
THE OPERATOR OF AN OVERHEAD CRANE HAD JUST PICKED UP A LOAD OF STEEL COIL WEIGHI NG 25,000 POUNDS. THE LOAD WAS SECURED TO THE CRANE BY MEANS OF A C-HOOK. THE LO AD WAS RAISED TO ABOUT HEAD LEVEL, BUT THE BRIDGE HAD NOT YET BEEN MOVED. EMPLOY EE #1 APPROACHED THE CRANE OPERATOR TO ASK HIM A QUESTION. THE CRANE OPERATOR HE LD THE PENDANT CONTROL IN HIS HAND, BUT HAD NOT MOVED ANY CONTROLS. THE EMPLOYEE S TALKED FOR ABOUT TWO MINUTES. THE COIL OF STEEL SUDDENLY FELL OFF THE C-HOOK, STRIKING BOTH EMPLOYEES. THE CRANE OPERATOR SUSTAINED A BROKEN LEFT HAND AND ARM . EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STRUCK IN THE HEAD AND WAS KILLED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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