OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14566012
COLLAPSE,CRANE BOOM,CONSTRUCTION,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,STRUCK BY,GUIDE,FALLING OBJECT
Event description
Employee killed when struck by crane bucket
Investigation abstract
At approximately 3:35 p.m. on August 12, 1985, Employee #1 was working as a spot ter for a crane operator when the crane jib collapsed. Employee #1 was accidenta lly struck by the crane's bucket. He was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 595
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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