OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221427826

KALMAR USA

JOLIET, IL· 2022-01-15T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Crane Carriage, Dropped, Falling Object, Gantry Crane, Head, Struck By, Wire Rope
NAICS: 811310
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #345728265
Employer profile: KALMAR USA
Summary number: 221427826
Report ID: 0521700

Event description

Employee is killed when struck by crane carriage

Investigation abstract

At 10:00 a.m. on January 15, 2022, an employee, a commissioning engineer, was removing the stop-lugs from a vertically-positioned, side-shifting wire rope carriage on a rail-mounted gantry crane head block when the rope carriage swung down striking the employee in the head and face. The employee was transported to a local hospital, where he died from his injuries.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 49 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
56

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