OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #732362
COUNTERBALANCE,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,STRUCK BY,GUIDE,CRANE,INATTENTION
Event description
EMPLOYEE STRUCK & KILLED BY SUPERSTRUCTURE OF CRANE
Investigation abstract
THE CRANE DECK PLATE HAD BEEN REMOVED BY A REPAIRMAN TO EFFECT REPAIRS TO THE OU PLOYEE #1). TRIGGER HYDRAULICS. THE PLATE WAS REPLACED BY THE REPAIRMAN UPON COMPLETION OF H IS WORK, BUT NOT BOLTED DOWN. THE CRANE WAS REPOSITIONED FOR USE AFTER REPAIR. W ITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE CRANE OPERATOR, AND WHILE NO SIGNAL MAN WAS AVAILABL E TO DIRECT THE SAFE OPERATION OF THE CRANE, THE CRANE'S ASSIGNED OILER MOVED AL ONGSIDE THE MIDSECTION OF THE TRUCK CRANE BODY FRAME (ON THE BLIND SIDE OF THE C RANE CAB), PRESUMABLY TO BOLT DOWN THE DECK PLATE. IN THE PROCESS OF TESTING THE CRANE'S OPERATION FOR STABILITY, THE OPERATOR SWUNG THE BOOM AROUND, CAUSING TH E COUNTERWEIGHT OF THE SUPERSTRUCTURE TO STRIKE AND FATALLY INJURE THE OILER (EM
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 2
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