OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14566301
OPUS SOUTHWEST CORPORATION
PHOENIX, AZ·
Event description
Operator injured when crane overturns
Investigation abstract
At approximately 12:50 p.m. on October 2, 1985, Employee #1 was working at Opus Southwest Corporation's construction site in Phoenix, Arizona. He was using a 33 -ton mobile crane to move a loaded concrete bucket to a pour area at an elevated height when the cane overturned. Employee #1 was pinned in the cab, and had to be extricated by the Phoenix Fire Department. He was transported to St. Joseph's Hospital for treatment of multiple rib injuries.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 53 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 849
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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