OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #607838
BEVAN-HIGHT
LITHONIA, GA·
Event description
EMPLOYEE CRUSHED TO DEATH WHEN HYDRAULIC CRANE OVERTURNED
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 7:30 AM OM JULY 23, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A LINK BELT LING THE OPERATOR. WITNESSES STATED THAT THE CRANE WAS TRAVELING AT AN EXCESSIVE RATE OF SPEED. THE BOOM ANGLE WAS EXCESSIVE. THE BOOM POWER SECTIONS WERE NOT E XTENDED EQUALLY. THE HYDRAULIC LINE HOSE ASSEMBLY REEL WAS NOT PROPERLY ADJUSTED . TIRE PRESSURE ON THE CRANE TIRES HAD NOT BEEN CHECKED FOR 3 OR 4 MONTHS. NO RO UTINE MAINTENANCE INSPECTIONS WERE BEING CONDUCTED. THE SPREADER BEAM HAD NOT BE EN LOAD TESTED. HYDRAULIC CRANE, MODEL 45P8018, SERIAL NUMBER 47H1-57Y. HE WAS PARKED ON TOP OF AN INCLINE WHICH DROPPED 5 FEET, 3 INCHES TO A DIRT ROADWAY. A FLATBED TRAILER WAS PARKED ON THE ROADWAY. THE CRANE WAS APPROXIMATELY 53 FEET FROM THE PARKED T RAILER. THE OPERATOR DECIDED TO BACK DOWN THE HILL, PULL UP PARALLEL TO THE TRAI LER, THEN GO FOWARD TOWARD HIS DESTINATION. THE CRANE BOOM FACED AWAY FROM THE T RAILER. A SPREADER BEAM WAS SUSPENDED FROM THE HOOK. THE BOOM ANGLE WAS APPROXIM ATELY 45 DEGREES. EMPLOYEE #1 BACKED DOWN THE HILL AND TURNED PARALLEL TO THE TR AILER. THE CRANE TIPPED OVER, CRUSHING THE CRANE CAB AGAINST THE TRAILER AND KIL
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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