OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #675827
KIZER EXCAVATING CO
MCMINNVILLE, OR·
Event description
Employees injured when work platform falls
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 and #2 were working on a road widening project approximately one-ha lf mile west of McMinnville, OR. They were removing limbs from a maple tree so t hat it could be felled without coming into contact with the power or phone lines that were near the tree. Employees #1 and #2 were working from a manlift platfo rm that was suspended by the wire rope of a 20 ton P & H rubber tired crane, mod el R-200. The crane's headache ball hit the boom sheaves, causing the line to br eak. The platform and employees fell approximately 40 to 45 feet. Employees #1 a nd #2 were hospitalized.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 2
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#2 Hospitalized Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 2
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