OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221384928

BOB'S EQUIPMENT LLC

HONOLULU, HI· 2021-07-19T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force trauma, Crushed, Falling Object, Hydraulic Cylinder, Maintenance, Pinned, Struck By, Truck Boom
NAICS: 532412
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #345434260
Employer profile: BOB'S EQUIPMENT LLC
Summary number: 221384928
Report ID: 0951510

Event description

Employee is killed when struck by knuckle boom

Investigation abstract

At 10:30 a.m. on July 19, 2021, an employee was working on the hydraulic system for a knuckle boom that was above him. The employee loosened three of the four bolts on the hydraulic inner boom cylinder load holding valve with his ratchet tool and was beginning to loosen the fourth bolt when the overhead crane's boom struck him and pinned him to the equipment. The employee died from his injuries.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 28 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
516

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