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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221449697

SIMS CRANE & EQUIPMENT CO.

Event
Arm, Bucket, Crane, Decapitated, Head, Struck By
NAICS
333923
Inspection type
Referral
Activity number
#345708044
Employer profile
SIMS CRANE & EQUIPMENT CO.
Summary number
221449697
Report ID
0419700

Event description

Employee is struck by bucket and is killed

Investigation abstract

At 1:00 p.m. on January 2, 2022, an employee was standing on top of a ship behind a guardrail-type system and bent over to look inside a pit on a ship that was being unloaded by a crane. The crane operator was lowering his clamshell bucket into the pit to retrieve ash and struck the employee. The employee was decapitated (head & arm).

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 58 M

    Event type
    1

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